If she’d have just kept her damned mouth shut, this would never have made it to trial.
There’s a valuable lesson for all in this case.
Without regard for what passed her lips, it was a justifiable use of deadly force.
Period.
That stated, there is clearly a problem associated with instantaneous use of force discretion in a high stress threat environment.
Rather than toss sacrifice this woman on a woke altar, this case should be adjudicated from a training perspective and psychological vetting of officers.
I don’t recall her making a public statement, and she would have been charged based on the body camera anyway in the normal investigation following the shooting.
The camera shows that it *wasn’t* justifiable or intentional, *and* she endangered her fellow officers on the scene. At the end of the video, the officer that she almost shot across from her is looking at her with a “You almost killed me, you crazy b**tch” look on his face.
If she would have drawn her taser this wouldn't have gone to trial either.