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1. The article completely skips over the fact that she was shot while attempting

Reply to cbabe (Original post)

Thu Jun 16, 2022, 08:43 AM

Jun 2022

to stab the officers. Now there is culpability in how they handled the encounter (especially not having the Taser available and used) and not backing off instead of advancing once it became apparent that she was armed, but leaving out the fact that they were in a confined space with her moving towards them with a knife seems wrong.

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The article completely skips over the fact that she was shot while attempting exboyfil Jun 2022 #1

Pregnant, small woman, mental health crisis, children present. Guns cbabe Jun 2022 #2