The bottom line is this; when you draw your firearm, you should be drawing that firearm in anticipation of using deadly force. If you aren’t anticipating the possibility of using deadly force, that firearm should stay in it’s holster. After all, discharging a firearm in the direction of another person is using deadly force, and that’s exactly what occurred here.
Had this woman struck and injured or killed this man, she’d likely have a tough time convincing a jury that she acted in self-defense.
Not to mention the entire time before Dawson tries to run away (while he’s being held down by others), the armed woman is pointing the gun at all of them at the same time.
If I were, say, that guy in the overalls below, I’d be pretty pissed off if someone was pointing a gun in my direction while I was trying to help detain someone. But that’s just me.
I agree with you that there’s a lot of stuff wrong about this one. What I disagree with, philosophically, is the idea that you can’t shoot a purp that’s running away.
The one thing that seriously angers me in that whole video is the three guys standing there with her fingers up their noses watching two guys trying to control a guy that is desperate to get away. If they could have held that man this never would have happened and they should have been able to even if it was on PCP