I totally get your point. However in the eyes of the Federal Government, the difference was that she was entering a Federal Secure Area where deadly force is authorized for trespassing.It is peculiar that if this casualty would have been from a certain demographic and ethnicity the issue would not have been swept under the rug by our media and government. Any other LEO shooting an unarmed person would have recieved at least a little bit of scrutiny. This got Zippo! I'm really tired of the double standard.
There is room for discretion though, which means that deadly force is not necessary in all situations. That is the point of contention here. The shooting was ruled to be legal due to the fact that it was a Secure Area and she was duly warned not to enter. That doesn't mean the officer did the right thing in terms of reasonable force though. "With great power comes great responsibility!"
I am familiar with this because of all the times I had to guard a Secure Area as a Marine. Most of the time, it was Armory Duty with a Beretta M9 to keep me company. My main goal was to simply guard Federal property(weapons and ammo) and shooting someone was the farthest thing from my mind.
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