>>In an emergency hostage situation, do we really want a sniper refusing to take a shot while he reviews evidence to decide whether it is justified or not?
This was NOT an emergency hostage situation. There were no hostages at all. Horiuchi is a murderer.
But, I’m not letting anyone off the hook. Give me a name for the person who said, “Take that shot.” There were documents stating that Vicki Weaver was the glue that held the family together and that she should be isolated from Randy. Horiuchi and some nameless field commander decided that murdering her was the best way to isolate her.
Cops should be held to higher standard than private citizens, just as an airline pilot is held to a higher standard of care than a fighter pilot.
I have never seen any evidence that Vicky was targeted. May be the case, but I haven’t seen it.
Specifically, she was behind the door and so Horiuchi could not have intentionally targeted her.
BTW, intentionally targeting her would have been in violation of even their appalling ROE.