In the past, many police agencies had minimum height standards. The idea was that big cops could handle bad guys, or prevent having to handle them in the first place by being big and intimidating. Of course, that excluded too many women. Besides, cops have guns, so that's an "equalizer", right? So, out the window with that discriminatory, outdated thinking.
The result? You get a "petite, 51-year-old woman" overpowered by a big, strong bad guy and killed by her own gun, with the bad guy using the same gun to kill several others. All sacrificed on the altar of political correctness. Thank goodness the news media are all over this angle, since it affects public safety...aren't they?
You nailed it. This never would have happened to begin with if they had a man in there who was his same height and weight or taller.
Stupid...stupid...stupid...political correctness.
The deputy whose gun was taken wasn't killed. She was struck in the head. He also killed a male (big, strong?) deputy outside of the courthouse. I would assume the deputy killed outside was also armed.
Yes, there you have it in a nutshell.
I agree with you. However, minimum height standards or not, there should have been more than 1 deputy present when removing handcuffs from prisoners.
Notice in the news that "the suspect overpowered the guard" (no mention of gender) "taking the guard's gun" (not "her gun").
Well, what do you know! A petite woman lost a strength contest to a man. Who knew!