Developing story, not sure what's happening just yet, but police and witnesses are reporting multiple gunshots fired near the Capitol. Hope no one's been hurt.
From what i see and hearing i think this lady was pointing out something . Look at what happen she rolled up to a site that officers was on duty working . Now who in America works a shift of work for free when its announced that a government shut down . So why was capital police working . See to much under the table things going on . But this lady gave her life and gave up her child i think the republican party needs to get it together and join hands with democrats and get the ball on the court cause they missing out on the three point shots or maybe half court shots . O i forget we can't jump .
Now the driver of a car is announced dead. The good question would be WHY? She was not armed. She did something stupid which looks to me like some kind nervous break down. She also had a 1 year old in car. For what she did she did not deserve a bullet.
There are certain government jobs which are not affected by shut downs. Imagine if airport security and TSA agency gets a to slack.
any time you nearly strike a police officer with your car they are likely to open fire .. They had her stopped at one point and she rammed a police car and sped away. I think she really left them no choice
The UK perspective is different though, not least because the public also don't carry guns. So the presumptions of all concerned are different
So I'm cautious about judging these things without full information about the situation and what was known to the officers on the scene. I would be much quicker to criticize the same outcome in the UK because there would be much less likelihood of a risk to the officers concerned (speeding vehicles are always a risk to the public, but that's a different discussion).
From what i see and hearing i think this lady was pointing out something . Look at what happen she rolled up to a site that officers was on duty working . Now who in America works a shift of work for free when its announced that a government shut down . So why was capital police working . See to much under the table things going on . But this lady gave her life and gave up her child i think the republican party needs to get it together and join hands with democrats and get the ball on the court cause they missing out on the three point shots or maybe half court shots . O i forget we can't jump .
Normally I would agree, but any time you nearly strike a police officer with your car they are likely to open fire. Especially that close to the White House and Capitol, and with what happened at the Navy Yard recently. From the video I saw, the police seemed to give her every chance to surrender. They had her stopped at one point and she rammed a police car and sped away. I think she really left them no choice. It's very sad that she didn't survive, but they don't train police to shoot to wound. Unfortunate that they didn't taser her when they were that close, but I think they were surprised she was able to get away from that.
Bullets actually have a tremendously low potential to blow moving tires. The tires rotation makes it very hard.
Why Didn't Police Shoot Out Miriam Carey's Tires - Business Insider
Shooting out tires - The Firing Line Forums
Yes, the latter's not a scholarly source, but I can't find the one I read up on three years back. Engine blocks are thick, heavy steel or aluminium, depending on your car.
Shooting Through the Engine Block of a Car - CT Gunsite Event | The Truth About Guns
This V8 blocked a lot of fire. Bullet penetration from small guns may be low-to-nonexistant.
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