The article gave us the email addresses of the authors. Here is the letter I sent them.
Hello,
I just want to ask a question:
What are the rules of use of lethal force for the Capitol Police? This is not an open ended question. There should be a document which defines the circumstances that warrant use of lethal force that they can provide.
As a veteran who carried a weapon I can assure you that BEFORE the officer ever encountered Ashli, he was given the rules of use of lethal force. (hint: overriding the rules can happen, when an agent is wearing an ear-piece)
In your article you draw a comparison to past high profile officer involved shootings where officers have not been charged. Maybe you should also consider the contrast. In all of those cases the officer had a compelling claim that either they feared for their own life or the life of someone else. And the reason those claims were compelling was due to facts - typically the violent behavior of the victim.
Ashli did NOTHING, on several video angles, that can be described as violent or threatening. In fact other individuals had already passed through windows and doorways and were not fired upon. You acknowledge other officers near her. None of them made any attempt to arrest her. The shooter made no verbal warning.
This is the most witnessed murder I can think of. So I would advise you to ask the questions we ALL demand answers to. DO NOT try to convince your readers of some alternate and false narrative.
God bless you. I think this was a really great email and I'm certain that the rules of engagement, escalation of force, or whatever else you want to call them are subject to FOIA requests. I'm no lawyer and they may try to pull some Sensitive Security Information (SSI) bullshit to deflect as of it were some sort of protected information.
The article gave us the email addresses of the authors. Here is the letter I sent them.
Hello,
I just want to ask a question:
What are the rules of use of lethal force for the Capitol Police? This is not an open ended question. There should be a document which defines the circumstances that warrant use of lethal force that they can provide.
As a veteran who carried a weapon I can assure you that BEFORE the officer ever encountered Ashli, he was given the rules of use of lethal force. (hint: overriding the rules can happen, when an agent is wearing an ear-piece)
In your article you draw a comparison to past high profile officer involved shootings where officers have not been charged. Maybe you should also consider the contrast. In all of those cases the officer had a compelling claim that either they feared for their own life or the life of someone else. And the reason those claims were compelling was due to facts - typically the violent behavior of the victim. Ashli did NOTHING, on several video angles, that can be described as violent or threatening. In fact other individuals had already passed through windows and doorways and were not fired upon. You acknowledge other officers near her. None of them made any attempt to arrest her. The shooter made no verbal warning.
This is the most witnessed murder I can think of. So I would advise you to ask the questions we ALL demand answers to. DO NOT try to convince your readers of some alternate and false narrative.
Thank you
God bless you. I think this was a really great email and I'm certain that the rules of engagement, escalation of force, or whatever else you want to call them are subject to FOIA requests. I'm no lawyer and they may try to pull some Sensitive Security Information (SSI) bullshit to deflect as of it were some sort of protected information.