There is a video of the shooting and it looks an appaling and totally unnecessary act, the cop basically shooting to kill. She was unarmed and had a whole armed police team directly behind her who could easily have apprehended her if they needed to

Good optics for the anti Trump propaganda.

Its not like the US Police force don't have form for shoot first, ask questions later. :shrug:

LT is usually first to remind us how difficult it is to be a Police Officer in the US and how they fear for their lives every time they put on a uniform. This unnecessary killing is another to add to the list of civilians being killed when non lethal force was sufficient

oh okay so its not clear yet

I think Matt had more uptodate info than me if you read the post Annie is quoting directly above.

in a situation like this, when your capital building is under attack, shoot to incapacitate, make sure they are no longer a threat

teargas is also a good one, and usage of tasers whenever being attacked yourself is a good last resort weapon of choice

Yikes

:eyes:

That's awful if true, just proves that the American Police Force really need different training when it comes to dealing with situations like this

Well, that sums up their entitlement perfectly

no, it is one woman and it represents her view only

if indeed it is true...

But witnesses who were on the same team as here paint the whole story

mmm I just read it was lawful!

if it was a protection team protecting law makers, they wouldn't mess about with a large crowd involved

At the end of the day she was trespassing on property she broke into and was not allowed to be on I have very little to no sympathy for her

Capitol riots: Dozens of arrests as police find molotov cocktails, pipe bombs and guns at pro-Trump siege...

Police in Washington DC have made dozens of arrests after uncovering molotov cocktails, pipe bombs and guns at the pro-Trump siege.

Police officials said a total of four people had lost their lives in the day of chaos and violence.

Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday evening, with DC police chief Police Chief Robert Robert J Contee, Ms Bowser she was startled by efforts to disrupt events taking place in her city.

People had “sought to disrupt the Congressional proceedings relating to the acceptance of electoral college votes”.

“Persons are dissatisfied with judicial rulings and the findings of State Boards of Elections, and some persons can be expected to continue their violent protests through the inauguration.”

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/capitol-ri...041021950.html

It was absolutely lawful, but more than likely also absolutely unnecessary.

The twitter feed of the dead woman has some absolutly disgusting comments from lefties on it yesterday.

Ben Shapiro said that it was the worst day for America since 9/11!

The woman who was shot. She knew what she was there for, unfortunately.

Well she did send out a retweet that threatened to kill people by firing squad

Do you think anyone who breaks the law should be shot?