Alabama Police Shoot Woman After She Shot Home Invader

[Cissy]

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...n-home-invader


Woman’s estranged husband, police spokesman says
Officer opened fire when woman did not drop her shotgun when asked

Police in Alabama said officers shot a woman who had shot an intruder during a home invasion after she didn’t drop her weapon.

Huntsville police spokesman lieutenant Darryl Lawson told local news site AL.com the woman’s estranged husband came into the house she shared with her mother armed with a gun on Sunday afternoon. The woman opened fire with a shotgun, wounding him.

Her mother called 911 and when police arrived, they heard gunshots and saw the woman in the garage holding the shotgun. They demanded she drop the weapon and when she turned toward them with the gun in her hand, at least one officer fired.

Officers say the estranged husband’s injuries are life-threatening. The woman is expected to survive.

Lawson says the officer who shot the woman has been placed on administrative leave.

[phill4paul]

Sounds like she had the situation well taken care of. Unless she wasn't planning on disposing of the body herself I don't know why her mother felt the need to call police. And only then after a call to a liaryer.

[Cissy]

Sounds like she had the situation well taken care of. Unless she wasn't planning on disposing of the body herself I don't know why her mother felt the need to call police. And only then after a call to a liaryer.

The same reason most people these days would all police---that's what most people have been trained to do. The notion that you don't call the police is currently counter-cultural.

[DevilsAdvocate]

Why would they even see her as a threat? If I were them I'd just walk up, maybe put a hand on her shoulder and give her a little comfort. Pat her on the back. If she points her gun at me, no big deal, I'm not gonna freak out and shoot her. Come on, how many WOMEN do you know that shoot cops? Be real for a second. For that matter, how many homicidally insane women are there? Oh there's a few, but come on now. Be real.

Suburbanites aren't violent, use a little common sense cops.

[RJB]

Why would they even see her as a threat? If I were them I'd just walk up, maybe put a hand on her shoulder and give her a little comfort. Pat her on the back. If she points her gun at me, no big deal, I'm not gonna freak out and shoot her. Come on, how many WOMEN do you know that shoot cops? Be real for a second. For that matter, how many homicidally insane women are there? Oh there's a few, but come on now. Be real.

Suburbanites aren't violent, use a little common sense cops.

It's drummed in that if they hesitate, they're dead. They need some "If you don't hesitate and murder an innocent person, you go to prison," training.

[Occam's Banana]

Why would they even see her as a threat? [...]

"Because $#@! you, that's why!" - Officer Friendly

[phill4paul]

Why would they even see her as a threat? If I were them I'd just walk up, maybe put a hand on her shoulder and give her a little comfort. Pat her on the back. If she points her gun at me, no big deal, I'm not gonna freak out and shoot her. Come on, how many WOMEN do you know that shoot cops? Be real for a second. For that matter, how many homicidally insane women are there? Oh there's a few, but come on now. Be real.

Suburbanites aren't violent, use a little common sense cops.

The first thing I'm NOT gonna do is to walk up on an excitable individual holding a shot gun and pat them on the back. The second thing I'm NOT gonna do is shoot them outright because I've placed myself in the open, in a vulnerable position, if they choose not to drop the gun.

[Henry Rogue]

Why would they even see her as a threat? If I were them I'd just walk up, maybe put a hand on her shoulder and give her a little comfort. Pat her on the back. If she points her gun at me, no big deal, I'm not gonna freak out and shoot her. Come on, how many WOMEN do you know that shoot cops? Be real for a second. For that matter, how many homicidally insane women are there? Oh there's a few, but come on now. Be real.

Suburbanites aren't violent, use a little common sense cops.

Actually, that's reminiscent of what cops did when one of their brethren wasted his estranged wife right in front of them.

[SeanTX]

Why would they even see her as a threat? If I were them I'd just walk up, maybe put a hand on her shoulder and give her a little comfort. Pat her on the back.

They only do that for other cops, like the one in NJ a while back who murdered his wife, then got hugs and pats on the back from his "brothers."