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Originally Posted by Harry Lime
Concerning the case of Chantel Moore...
She had no history of violent or abusive behavior. Had never been in trouble. It's hard to imagine that this situation could not have been deescalated simply by the officer stepping back and giving her room. Was she guilty of threatening an officer, or guilty of holding a knife while in her own home?
Of all of the moments for a policeman to shoot a native woman five times, while responding to a call where she was the one being checked on to make sure that she was safe.
What an ugly, ugly thing.
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I despise racism towards our Indigenous population, like more than most people in Canada (it stews in me quite often) , but a couple things. First of all, never assume the number of shots means anything. Once an officer decides to use his gun it isn't uncommon for a few shots to be fired very quickly. The media and arm chair investigators often use the number of shots to act like the officer killed the person with one and fired more for good measure.
Second, the fact that an officer was called to check on her welfare doesn't mean that he was an aggressor, as is the only conclusion I can draw from your sentence about why he was there. If she had a knife and was threatening than anything could have been going down during the fatal encounter.