Bodycam video from Independence police shooting shows mother approach officers with knife

[horselightning]

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article296247854.html

wow this woman got her self and her baby killed. who charged at the cops with knife and holding a baby. this was a justified shoot. course the family is having a fit,

 

[jackflash]

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article296247854.html

wow this woman got her self and her baby killed. who charged at the cops with knife and holding a baby. this was a justified shoot. course the family is having a fit,

Mental illness is the most cruel of all societal ills.

 

[The Irish Ram]

If the baby was under one arm, and the other arm was above her head, they couldn't shoot the raised arm? Or take out a knee cap?
Was there no where they could aim to miss shooting the baby?

 

[JGalt]

The coveted Darwin Award, she won it. Too bad she insisted on sharing it with the child.

 

[JGalt]

If the baby was under one arm, and the other arm was above her head, they couldn't shoot the raised arm? Or take out a knee cap?
Was there no where they could aim to miss shooting the baby?

Police aren't trained to do that. It's center mass until the threat is stopped, and when that weapon is drawn, their training takes over.

 

[horselightning]

Police aren't trained to do that. It's center mass until the threat is stopped, and when that weapon is drawn, their training takes over.

exactly