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christopher

"In compliance" is a scary term. It reeks of gestapo. If you are disorderly - highly inappropriate, sure, but not immediately endangering people's lives or property - you will be forced through escalating means to become "compliant." When these violent methods do not work, you will be complianced to death, apparently.

There. The big scary man with a STICK is fully "in compliance."

Why is it that every time a cop shoots someone the bullet kills the person when in "normal" violent acts oftentimes the person will survive the wound and be given a chance to tell his or her story or at the very least see their day in court? But when a Metro cop is involved, more times than not, the person is killed. Shooting to force "compliance" does not seem to be the same thing as shooting to kill the person, at least not in my view. There are people with mental/emotional problems all around the world and there needs to be someone in the situation that can have the wherewithal and circumspection to disarm the person without having to take their life. If they can not step up to that difficult task, they should not be given a badge. For those officers we do not hear about who act bravely and appropriately, my hat is off to you men and women, because it *is* difficult work.

And, by the way, "low-lethal force" is the most idiotic terminology I have seen in the news in quite awhile, and that's really saying something. It is either lethal or it is not. You can't "kinda" kill someone.

...with what?

This person is not a U.S. citizen, much less a registered voter, so why we should care who he endorses - I am at a loss to understand.

Exactly what in the world do you think $250 is going to do for anyone, Harry?

The system needs to be set up in such a way as to remove any influence in the outcome of the inquest completely away from the sheriff's office or law enforcement chain of command involved in a shooting. There is too much influence that leaves the question and in this case the appearance of deception from the authorities, whether it was intended or not. Everyone involved in the process should feel better about a new process that would remove those doubts. If it were me I would not want to be in a position where it would look like I might have influenced circumstances in any way.

Furthermore, coroners are meant to determine how someone died, not why. That is, in my opinion, outside of the scope of their expertise.