This was not your home. This was a public building during a protest. In this case, there was a police presence who could have simply grabbed her and pulled her to the ground -- as has been done in any number of other protests around the country.
I’m not saying he should have done it. I’m saying that as a human being - not a machine - it is reasonable to do what he did.
He was supposedly a trained officer of the law. That makes him somewhat of a machine who is trained to react appropriately in tense situations. It is absolutely NOT reasonable what he did.
Yes. I get all that. There is still so much that we don’t know about the shooter so we’ll see. I’m basing my opinion on what I saw in the videos and shared that opinion here. I still stand by it, but new information could change that opinion.
Fact is, in such a unique event it is difficult to successfully prosecute someone that does what this guy did. And I have mixed emotions about whether what he did was morally right. Or legally, frankly. But I think the videos give enough evidence to prevent a successful prosecution for anything other than, maybe, involuntary manslaughter.
But that is my opinion with the facts we currently know.