This is disgusting. Lawyers for PD should force him to take a LWOP plea, write the family a multi-million $ check and re-train every single one of their officers. HORRIBLE.
I agree, however, if they were retrained, they'd be trained to do the same exact thing.
They are trained that... If you are in fear of your life, and feel threatened, shoot to stop the threat.
Cops are not trained to wound. They are trained to shoot in the center mass of the body. They are trained to kill. And that's because in their eyes, if they were to go for a leg, or an arm, they may miss and not stop the threat.
This cop was only on the force since April of 2018. He had recent training.
IMO, the reason there hasn't been a press release, as someone has already mentioned, is because they need time to spin this crime in the cops favor.
We all know what the playbook explanation will be...
"I was in fear for my life, my life was in danger, I had to stop the threat. My mind was going in circles."
Post pics of a gun to plant the thought that she was going to shoot the cop. It's odd how they couldn't post any cam footage inside of the house, yet were allowed to show the picture of the gun inside the house and that's all.
Make sure you tell the public that it wasn't her home... it was her mothers home, to plant the thought that she wasn't the homeowner, and perhaps had no right to shoot the cop.
They need more time to build the story, so they give the cop the weekend off and plan on calling him back to the station on Monday for questioning.
I believe if the tables were turned, and a citizen shot the cop, he/she would have never left the police station in the first place.