Based on what we know at this time, she didn't shoot him for any of those reasons. She shot him accidentally while she was trying to tase him. If an investigation confirms this, she should not be in prison.
Cops are tasked with dealing with violent murderers, thugs, rapists, gang bangers and whacked out drug addicts so we don't have to. Their job requires them to approach and confront these dangerous people and others, risking their lives and safety, and to make life and death decisions in split seconds. They are not perfect. Due to the nature of the job we hire them to do, the mistakes they make will sometimes result in death, theirs or someone else's.
Civilians are not tasked with approaching criminals and taking them into custody for the safety of the general public, so we have a lot less leeway in whom we can legally shoot.
Indeed. It's like how a surgeon who loses a patient should get investigated, but in most cases isn't going to be found guilty of murder. Death risk is part of the job interaction.
Based on what we know at this time, she didn't shoot him for any of those reasons. She shot him accidentally while she was trying to tase him. If an investigation confirms this, she should not be in prison.
Cops are tasked with dealing with violent murderers, thugs, rapists, gang bangers and whacked out drug addicts so we don't have to. Their job requires them to approach and confront these dangerous people and others, risking their lives and safety, and to make life and death decisions in split seconds. They are not perfect. Due to the nature of the job we hire them to do, the mistakes they make will sometimes result in death, theirs or someone else's.
Civilians are not tasked with approaching criminals and taking them into custody for the safety of the general public, so we have a lot less leeway in whom we can legally shoot.
Indeed. It's like how a surgeon who loses a patient should get investigated, but in most cases isn't going to be found guilty of murder. Death risk is part of the job interaction.