Effate wrote:
I am under no illusion that Babbitt was any kind of hero and she ultimately chose to inject herself into that scenario. You know as well as I that the agency investigating these shootings, absent heavy public scrutiny, are going to protect the officer and even the courts allow great deference towards officers in these situations. That being said, while working fugitives, narcotics and special investigations I was in several situations where a bad guy was actually armed and I was able to prevent what would have clearly been a good shoot. As was pointed out this guy, as many of the shootings that are scrutinized via cam footage, was scared s**tless and over reacted. Looking at the conduct of many officers, and things may have changed, this agency showed little signs of adequate training. They were building guards, not cops.
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I'm willing to hazard a guess that you have seen no more video of this incident then I have. And a few seconds of video does not make anyone an expert on what actually happened. And if you have not read the actual report of the investigation you should before youforn am opinion opinion about whether or not it's biased. You have presupposed that the report is a cover-up and this is based only on your existing belief--not real evidence.
Also I have no opinion on the quality of the training of the officers involved but we do know this: if she had not attempted to crawl through the broken window to gain access to the Speaker and other members of Congress she would in all likelihood still be alive--although she probably would be in prison which is where she would belong Head she survived.