Video of yesterday’s police chase in DC:
Marshall defends the use of lethal force:
Given what was known and her behavior, it makes perfect sense to me that the Capitol Police and whatever other federal authorities were in the mix were focusing on threat elimination as their primary goal rather than apprehension. Even the attempts to get her to surrender were rebuffed.
I wouldn’t second-guess the cops for reasons Ambers lays out, but I hope this incident prompts us again to appreciate the need for more serious mental health coverage. Post-partum depression is an extremely serious illness – in this case, apparently untreated. Its victims – especially children – are manifold. And killing the mentally ill is always a tragedy.
The Dish 