The top bar of the chain-link fence blocked Kisela’s line of fire, so he dropped to the ground and shot Hughes four times through the fence.
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A fence separated them but he was scared and had to shoot her anyway????
Hughes suffered “non life threatening injuries” from the shots. So it appears that the cop shooter did not aim for the head or heart. Maybe a knee-cap would suffice. You don’t want to f*ck around when facing a knife.
You need to reread the story. You’re missing a key part of what happened. Just saying.
“they believed at the time that Hughes was a threat to Chadwick” The roommate was on the same side of the fence as Hughes.
Kisela, Garcia and Kunz defended Kisela's decision to shoot, noting they believed at the time that Hughes was a threat to Chadwick.
You must have missed that part. The roommate must have been close by.
Why you would want to be close to someone hacking away at a tree with a knife I don’t know. Some people just can’t walk away from an argument.
Chadwick was threatened and not beyond the fence
Although a fence separated the woman with the knife from the officers, there was another woman standing 6 feet away from the woman with the knife. The officers might have been protected by the fence, but the other woman was in danger.
“A fence separated them but he was scared and had to shoot her anyway?”
No, Chadwick was the room mate in danger. The cop shot to protect the room mate. Sounds reasonable to me.
This shooting seems utterly egregious. The shootee was not in a position to hurt anyone right then with that knife. The officer was female which seems to generally be a problem. I have had some interactions
(traffic) with teams of police where one was females. The female always seems to be tense and and always seems as if trying to prove she is as badass as any man. Women also tend to be smaller and quicker to resort to deadly force. Once while the male was issuing a warning instead of a citation to the driver, the female had her hand on her gun the whole time. When Jared questioned the male politely about the citation she moved her hand as if to grip the gun. Of course this was Tampa and we had a North Florida plate which is as bad as an out-of-state plate in Kansas. There were two other times with equivalent worrisome females present.
“they believed at the time that Hughes was a threat to Chadwick.” That’s the reason right there.
“A fence separated them but he was scared and had to shoot her anyway????”
Sure, same as if a puppy was on the other side of the fence.
At least read the article
He feared for the ROOMMATE’S safety not his own.
“A fence separated them but he was scared and had to shoot her anyway????”
How about reading the article before doing the liberal knee-jerk reaction of blaming and mocking the police first? It was said that she was thought to still be a risk to her roommate.
I wonder if the wise Latina would feel the same about immunity for government officials in sactuary cities being held accountable.
The way I read it the mental woman and her roommate (the person suing) were both on one side of the fence and the cops were on the other side.
The cop was saying he/she fired in defense of the other woman.
Absolutely ridiculous. What brave "men" these officer's are!
Of course, this woman did disregard a lawful order repeatedly, so she deserved to be shot dead, obviously. After all, it would have been too much of a hassle to act like an actual human being, realize this person was mentally disturbed, and maybe attempt the use of non-lethal force first.
Let's remember, there was an intervening fence. Thus, though this woman was no practical threat to any of these officers, she did fail to respect their lawful authority, and the penalty for doing that to a police officer is death...
its terrible that cops get attacked...
but honestly, they seem to just shoot for absolutely no reason...
being drunk, on drugs, mentally incompetent, suicidal,etc should not be reason to shoot someone...