CV and mad panic behaviour

[PaulP]

Accident? she was unarmed and gunned down... the murderer got a paltry 12 years.
From memory Somalian Americans protested with banners and thought he should walk free...

If you examine whatever information is publicly available, I think you will find it was a panicked reaction by an inexperienced cop to an unfamiliar situation. I think he fired in panic more than anything else. I do not believe for a second that he would shoot a woman he knew to be no threat.

I understand that there is a contingent of folks on here who favour an Old Testament style, punitive, fire and brimstone approach to law, order and punishment, but that's no excuse to not attempt to take a holistic view of whatever facts are available.