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omniryu posted...

That's short sighted. What if the car wasn't hers? What if she goes and escape?
If we stick with this principle, then you pretty much say let a murderer go because "he can get hurt "

Then let's ask ourselves this:
"What was so serious enough for her to run off, and not only run off but run off and hit a cop."

No use trying to have a conversation with you on this if you are going to be jumping through an absolutely bonkers hypothetical that have nothing at all with this case. The police were there under suspected shoplifting, not suspected murderer. If the police are rolling up to every situation thinking the person they are talking to is a murderer then maybe that's where our fucking problem with excessive force starts.

The issue is that simply moving out of the way would have been enough for this officer to get himself into safety. Discharging the gun at her point blank is just fucking outrageous. She did stupid shit, but that shit wasn't worth a death sentence.