According to a news release, the SIU says the incident began at around 1:30 p.m. when police made a traffic stop in the area of Churchill Avenue and Avondale Avenue. A 25-year-old woman got out of the car and ran away, the SIU said. An officer followed.
“At some point, the officer discharged his firearm and the woman was struck. She was transported to hospital for treatment. The woman is in critical condition,” the SIU said.
Doesn’t sound like she presented a threat to anyone. I don’t think stopping a suspect from running away is a reasonable excuse to shoot them.
Another article mentioned that there was yelling from the police saying “drop the gun” so she may have actually been carrying a weapon.
If she did have a gun, then yes, it was reasonable for the officer to shoot her.
If the police were just yelling that to improve the optics, or because they weren’t putting enough effort into identifying a non-gun object that she was carrying, well . . .
This deserves criminal charges imo
Fucking passive voice as per usual - “the woman was struck”, not “the pig shot her in the back.”
No matter how hard you try, you cannot beat America at being America. So it’s probably best to stop trying and go back to being cool. There’s no need for more people to die.