MSNBC just aired a more complete video of the mother who was pulled over in New Mexico

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17. The woman should not have pulled off . . .

still there is NO EXCUSE for the total out of control over-reaction by the cops — violently beating out the side window with the night stick, and then the shooting at the car moments later. Those younger kids have to be absolutely traumatized and even more afraid of white cops. And the son who tried to help his mother is now charge with aggravated assault.

C'mon. What were those supposedly trained officers thinking. Their judgment was appalling. Come to think of it, no better than the mother's who decided to drive off.

And speaking of driving off, how the hell did the cops think she was going far in a slow minivan with a full luggage carrier on top. No way was that car faster than a radio transmission ahead to stop the van, or faster than their police cruisers for that matter.

My thought on the matter is that it looks like those particular cops put their training aside and lost it when an African American had the temerity to disobey them.

They responded with highly unporportional violence as they couldn't allow that, even though she clearly wasn't getting away in that slow car that stuck out like the proverbial sore thumb.

The one smart thing the woman did was to drive to highly visible and populated with witnesses location before stopping, otherwise who know what we might be reading about?