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Originally Posted by Boreas
Withdraw to protected positions and continue to negotiate. Every alternative to lethal force should have been tried first. She wasn't holding her son hostage so he was in no danger other than the very real danger that the police represented.
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I agree that lethal force should be the last option.
I hadn't thought about the option to withdraw to a protected position.
However, not having been there... It would be hard for me to determine if withdrawing would have been a viable option at the time.
As for her son..... Considering what I've heard about the adults in the situation and the fact that there was a loaded gun in his presence.... I figure he was already in a dangerous situation before the police ever got there.