British citizens aren’t armed to the teeth like Americans are.

Now that this article has been written, there is nothing that will exonerate the officer in the minds of most of the people who have read it.

She wasn’t unarmed.  She had his taser.

One less rocket surgeon!  She was about to discover the cure for cancer n’sheeit yo!  How will civilization ever survive without her amazing vibrant contributions?

NOT PREGNANT AND NOT UNARMED

https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/witness-video-shows-baytown-officer-fatally-shooting-woman-during-attempted-arrest/285-a8f4e1d9-03cf-4fe6-8e25-e34cdd8760b6

Here you go, naive moron:

So pregnant women are incapable of committing violent acts? Is that the defense The Root is trying to mount here?

Well, considering she tased a cop to avoid being arrested, which is very much a felony, I somehow doubt it was over unpaid tickets.  

Except that she was lying about being preggo.

yeah, lying about being pregnant is not a great idea... and wrestling with a cop and taking/shooting them with their taser aren’t great followups either.

“I’m sure that the warrants indicated that the woman was a real menace. Probably failure to appear, low level marijuana possession, failure to pay fines. You know, the real hardcore stuff.”

Act right and the guns might stay holstered .When the day in and day out street violence ends then the cops will chill.

“Court records show that Turner had three warrants out for her arrest on a charge of assault resulting in bodily harm and two counts of criminal mischief.

I’ve actually lived in Europe. I really think the proliferation of guns in the United States means that cops are naturally more skittish than cops over there. An officer getting killed in Europe is EXTREMELY rare compared to here. With 300 million guns in circulation, I would be quicker on the trigger as well.  This…

Have you met Germans? They largely follow the fucking rules. They don’t fight with the police.

Umm...she should have complied. That’s what someone in her position is supposed to do.

Unpopular belief that will get terrorized in these comments I guess, but if you fight a police officer, and you get shot, I have no sympathy.

I have a TON of sympathy for people who get shot doing nothing wrong and think police should be arrested and jailed for that BS. that kind of thing happens too much.

Believing she had outstanding warrants, he attempted to arrest her before a struggle ensued.

Can we agree that if you take away a taser from a cop and use it on him that the chance of a good outcome is next to zero?