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OMG, I saw this story on FB, AND every fucking comment was praising the cop! Telling her she deserved it for trying to run away.. things like she would have been a terrible mom anyways.. just some awful things while the run their hard ons for the cops... It was sickening... I am 23 weeks pregnant with my second son right now and watching people praise her death because she stole something is so bizarre and jarring... I'm pregnant... What if this was a misunderstanding and he had bad information.. she didn't steal a thing and scared of cops tried to get away and now she is dead.... Cops are fuckiing scary but not as much as people who want this outcome for stealing some groceries
Edit: some of these comments defending the cop, who put his life in danger on his own so he could have the excuse to kill her, is chilling.... You are the reason I made my comment and the reason why I am getting scared of my community.. because too many of the people in society want to see someone from some group they hate, hurt or dead by police.... Fucking sickening. Shoplifting is not an excuse to use lethal force to stop anyone.. the punishment doesn't fit the crime.. people saying it does, are rabid dogs who wish it was them in the cops shoes, feeling powerful.. and that's even more sickening. She left behind a 6 year old because thd pig couldnt have figured out another way to handle the situation.. he failed a basic IQ test and too many people are like.. "Kay, cool". Idiocracy was and is a fucking a documentary and y'all just want a gladiator type entertainment with your own people
Yeah wtf, she should have left a thin blue streak on the asphalt
Trying to run over an officer, you mean? She didn't just try and run away, she drove directly towards a police officer.
If only cops weren't rooted to the ground and could jump out of the way of a car...
It would be ideal if she didn't try and kill him in the first place though.
How about maybe the police firstly don't escalate the situation to that point because she was just accused of shoplifting and secondly don't jump in front of her car in the first place?
Always interesting that people demand average citizens behave more reasonably than so-called trained police. It's like you accept the presumption that any cop is likely to overreact in murder, therefore the onus is on US not to escalate situations. Interesting how the apologists don't think cops bear any responsibility for de-escalation.
She cranked the wheel all the way away from him. She was trying to go around. Officer "no self preservation" was a dipshit and blocked in a two ton machine with his own body.
Yeah, did people not even watch the footage? You'd have to be braindead to try anything like that to cops nowadays, it's a death sentence
What exactly do you mean by "cops nowadays*?
Do you mean do not try that because they will shoot at your for close to no reason?
Or do you mean cops are extremely dangerous, just be the most agreeable prey they come across.
Let's do a quick test, you see a car driving at you 60mph, the only thing you have is your gun, and your legs.
You can:
A) get out of the way and live
B) shoot the driver (which would not at all stop the car)
Now let's try this stupid shit one more time at 5mph.
There is ZERO reason to discharge a firearm at this person, for evading arrest, shoplifting, etc. This is an UNARMED PREGNANT WOMAN.
Imagine thinking this is the right way to handle this you fucking animal.
Doesn't matter in the slightest if this is the "right way to handle this", it's the reality of the situation where it's pretty well documented that they're going to choose their lives over yours if you give them a reason to (say for example driving your car directly at them like a braindead moron)
bro she was driving slower than I can run. The cop quite literally put himself in front of the car to give himself a justification for killing her.
.... You take two steps to the left to move out of the way of the car, or, here's a fantastic idea, you don't step out in front of a fucking car in the first place???
"Cops are likely to murder you, and we just accept this, so act accordingly."
Yep and for people in the US they should been keenly aware that there's a non zero possibly of being shot by police if they feel threatened. That's just how it is.
Almost anyone in the US will shoot you if threatened though.