Helicopter video https://youtu.be/ryoeQpkQlA4 Go to 3 min. Warning death (but it does have the big black censor box).
It’s insane that they’re just opening fire, while innocent drivers are passing by on the opposite side of that highway.
You can see a bullet bounce off the barrier. (3:19)
Like WTF is wrong with your country that you allow your police force to just fire off their weapons in public like that?
None of those cops give a flying fuck about the general public in the background, and people are stunned that they killed the hostage they were supposed to be helping?
I think they believed it was the father running out. She was apparently wearing tactical gear.
She was out of the car and crouched down alone by the passengar door when one of the cops said “its her, shes out the passenger door” and yelled at her to walk towards them. Dispatch said the same thing at the same time. As shes walking (not running) clearly unarmed towards the cops as instructed, several other cops RIGHT NEXT TO THE ONE THAT TOLD HER TO WALK TO THEM shoot her several times and kill her.
There was controversy the same day about what happened to her. The sheriff’s department blamed her dead father, then refused to release this footage for 18 months, only doing so when sued by a journalist.
Youre giving these violent murderers way, way, way to much credit.
How do you know which officer is giving instructions, who they are near, and who heard it?
In the video, I see at least eight officers, at least 20m away from the vehicle in all directions.
Who was the one that shot her?
Is there another source you can reference explaining the details? Because there’s no way anyone could know based on the video and article.
That said, this is about as American as a police interaction can be.
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Facts matter. I’m not in the position to defend anyone, as it’s hard to know exactly what happened, even after watching the video several times.
What matters is the police killed the person they were trying to save.
When you’re in a situation where bullets are flying from both the “'good” and “bad” guy, innocent victims can, and do, get killed. This happens more often than you’d think, and there isn’t a perfect way to end a situation like this. Everyone’s life is at risk when you’ve got a murderer in a car not willing to surrender.
The narrative that all those officers, except for one, wanted the KIDNAP VICTIM to be shot and killed is so deranged and incomprehensible outside an American mindset.
Let’s not lose focus here. The father who kidnapped her is ultimately the one to blame. His actions led to her death.
Let’s not lose focus here. The father who kidnapped her is ultimately the one to blame. His actions led to her death.
This is a wild take. These cops (all of them present) are to blame for where the rounds from their firearms go.
At this point calling the cops is just calling a hit in.
Literally, what calling in swat is known for.
And nothing will be done until someone that is high enough profile gets hit. And even then…
