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DnDer posted...

Would have been infinitely more safe than what the police provoked in the parking lot. Bare minimum, she wouldn't have been in the car, and there wouldn't have been a parking lot full of potential collateral damage for a discharged weapon.

infinitely more safe to approach her at her home, where her children and others might be present? i'm not sure why you think the collateral damage would be lower in a densely packed residential area vs a grocery store parking lot.

this woman already demonstrated the lengths she is willing to go through to avoid facing the consequences of her anti-social actions (repeated theft), and you think she would just peacefully surrender? what makes you think she wouldn't hop in a car and tear through her residential streets to escape? i guess the cops should just politely ask her to surrender over and over until she complies.

the escalation of this event was entirely the fault of the victim. IMO the police did nothing wrong by standing in front of her (parked) car as they were telling her to surrender.