CALIFORNIA | Psycho Fatally Shot After Taking Female Officer's Gun

[Ozymandias]

difficult to put into short words what i think went wrong, but it occurred within the first 15 seconds of her bodycam turning on... the 30 second audio capture delay wasn't even over... here's my best shot at painting a picture.

this is like being an armed animal of prey in a savannah, receiving notification that there is a big mentally ill lion at the watering hole, proceeding to approach said lion in your very safe zebra cruiser, but what you do is open the car door fucking immediately and point your gun to the lion's chest, essentially cornering yourself in your own vehicle, and the result is you've exposed yourself to a life-or-death fight for control over your service weapon.

as for why she didn't shoot, she was told that the suspect 'clearly had mental issues' by dispatch, and my only guess is that she was reluctant to use lethal force right away, especially with where the gun would have fired.

[Ssguard]

I find this simple. Her first reaction is flight not fight.

[weee96]

Women are not biologically wired to handle life and death situations their brains go into flight mode and they lose all control. This is how its supposed to be, putting them in these situations does no one any good amd only causes problems like this.

[RandomCalifornian]

Originally Posted by HIGHTECHDUDE

No doubt. Every department has a Barney Fife...

LOL!!

[RandomCalifornian]

She's in the wrong profession.