re: #116 Targetpractice

If there were no audio, I’d agree that it would be difficult to argue that she didn’t know what she was doing. But with the audio? This is an easy acquittal. From the moment she pulled her Glock to the moment she fired was a matter of seconds, which with her tunnel vision on him meant she was basically just going through the motions of warning him before she fired.

This incident seems to be a strong indicator that one of the bigger problems in modern policing in this country is that cops are trained more to follow the handbook than they are to use best judgment because if they do the former then a union lawyer can likely get them off by blaming the system than defending their client’s actions.

It’s an easy “You made a mistake.” But that brings the followup question of why a cop is making them. And some things, like taking a life, should face consequences.