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Answer these questions:

Do you believe that a 14 year old girl would be practicing driving with her uncle at night with no lights on?

Do you believe that a vehicle driven by a 14 year old is less dangerous than a vehicle driven by a 40 year old?

Do you believe that a person has the right of self-defense?

Do you believe that you should check the age of a person threatening your life before you take action to stop them from doing so?

I await your responses.

The fedgoons attacked the girl not the other way around. And you seem to be making the "Cops have a right to go home at the end of the shift." argument. But no they don't. Not at the cost of innocent lives and the dignity of free citizens. They knew the job was dangerous when they took it. They do not have an unlimited right to use force for their safety or convienience. If they are not up to it, let 'em take jobs that they up to, like squeegy man at the all nite car wash.

They did not know who was in the car. They did not use an appropriate means to stop the car (maybe lights and a siren are too high tech for these goons.). They killed an innocent citizen. They should, AT LEAST, be sued into penury and jailed for negligent homicide. If I had my way, they would get the needle for murder and conspiracy to violate the girl's civil rights.

Do you believe that a 14 year old girl would be practicing driving with her uncle at night with no lights on?

Per the original story, she was moving the car to the garage at the back of the home. The car had been washed and waxed earlier, and it was going to rain soon. She asked if she could pull it around back under her uncle's supervision. He owned the car. No one claimed she was driving up and down the street "practicing" anything. Moving a car around the block would be a very typical thing a youngster would be allowed to do as "practice".

Do you believe that a vehicle driven by a 14 year old is less dangerous than a vehicle driven by a 40 year old?

Irrelevant question. Situation explained above.

Do you believe that a person has the right of self-defense?

Yes, especially when two cars box you in at dusk/after dark.

Do you believe that you should check the age of a person threatening your life before you take action to stop them from doing so?

I do not believe DEA agents, who supposedly have top-notch training, could reasonably believe they were being threatened by a person in a boxed-in car.

The DEA agents cleary made a situation out of a non-situation by not using common sense.