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At one time, police in the U.S. were trained that to shoot to kill-- only. If the officer discharged the weapon at all, she emptied the magazine and aimed to k

At one time, police in the U.S. were trained that to shoot to kill-- only. If the officer discharged the weapon at all, she emptied the magazine and aimed to kill. No warning shots, no shots to disable, that would be against training. Thus confusion, inattention, or misunderstanding in the face of commands from a self-identified officer easily can be a lethal situation.

Silhouette 9y ago
If you haven't done anything wrong, and then one day your home is surrounded by a paramilitary force barking instructions at you and threatening your life, confusion, inattention and misunderstanding are inevitable. If police procedures don't allow for that, they are fundamentally broken. This tragic outcome could have been avoided many times, and in most of those cases, the difference would have been in the behaviour of the police.