Okay I watched the entire video. Here are the things I noted.
The officer was taking his K9 to the vet for an injury, not a check up. It was 7pm.
Hannah passed his marked squad speeding and then intentionally hit his vehicle when he attempted to pull her over.
Hannah then made a u turn (or maybe pitted herself when she hit the cop?) so that she was facing the wrong way on the freeway.
The body cam is silent for the first 30 seconds.
Hannah was out of her vehicle before the officer was out of his. That really surprised me.
The officer came around the back of her vehicle and found her in a shooting stance towards the front of her vehicle, pointing the gun at him. He fired, striking her in the left thigh and chest. She fell and dropped the (replica) gun.
The audio on the bodycam kicks on as he's reporting shots fired, requesting EMS and ordering Hannah to roll over onto her stomach and to put her hands to her side.
Hannah is begging for help and saying she can't breathe. The officer says they are going to help and asks where she is hit. She says her chest.
The cop puts a tourniquet on her leg to try and control that. They put a seal on her chest to try and control that. There really is not much blood.
Hannah only asks for help in what was released. She doesn't say anything else or ask why she was shot, the cop doesn't ask her what she was thinking, she just asks for help and he tries to help.
While the initial footage of the shooting itself could be better, I do think it's enough to show the cop acted reasonably. I think the quality issue is largely due to the shadow from them being on the side of the vehicle and how fast it happened.
He wasted no time in getting his medical bag and doing everything he could until EMS got there. However, listening to Hannah was heartbreaking.
There is a bystander who is right there and tells the cop it's a replica. He is also with Hannah telling her to stay with them. He also grabs the cops medical bag for him I believe. (These could have been other cops too but there was a bystander as well because he had to be told to stay back until the cop handcuffed Hannah while the other officer covered him.)
Around 8:30pm a 911 call was received from Hannah's father. He reported that she had taken the vehicle about 3 hours earlier and they couldn't reach or find her.
He was very emotional. He said she was on anti depressants and they were concerned she would harm herself.
He said he did not think she drank, did drugs or carried weapons. He was very clear that he didn't want to press charges for the car. He was very clearly very scared that his daughter wouldn't be coming home.
He didn't know what she was wearing but knew her description other than that. (5"6, about 190, white, they didn't ask hair and eyes or tattoos).
They were entering her into the missing persons and he was going to get the plate number from the rental company.
I think Hannah realized the mistake she made once she was shot. I wish they'd been able to give her another chance.
It was very emotional to listen to. I hope that the bystander and cop who tried to help Hannah will know they did what they could.
I'm still not pleased how the public was misled but I'm inclined to think that the family didn't initiate that. I think others latched on and just dragged the family along with them. Much like baby Chloe in PR and Jasmine in Texas.
