Kentucky field party shooting: Teen Samantha Ramsey shot dead trying to avoid sobriety test

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46. SMH!!! You can't know that

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You can't know that she is not going to stop for another cop, or she is going to definitely kill someone. The cop assumed she was drunk, he didn't know that. Hell if that is all that is required to KNOW that a person is drunk or so drunk they cannot safely drive a vehicle, then we wouldn't have field sobriety tests. We would just allow cops to stop any car that left a bar late at night, let any cop stop a car that leaves a party, and just place the person under arrest, because "Well hell he/she is probably drunk." But we have things called procedures and we don't just assume ever situation is exactly like every other situation. What if this girl was not drunk, you know it is possible she wasn't drinking, or wasn't impaired. The teenager, like most teenagers, was thinking poorly, this is a direct result of seeing a cop when you think you are about to go to jail. It's entirely possible if the cop had backed off and radioed ahead that another officer may have been able to pull her over safely; happens all the time. Some people panic and then come to their senses after they realize the extent of what they are doing.

Again deescalate the situation, till the point where you can no longer back off, and then "if necessary" take the use of force up a step.