Australian woman shot dead by Minneapolis police

[Lee-Lee]

21. I've watched plenty

And I've also been the person investigating before.

I've worked cases where the person claimed it was self defense and the evidence at the scheme initially wasn't enough to warrant an arrest, so they were not. But later the forensics and a more detailed examination of the circumstances showed that the claim of self defense was a lie, he was arrested, and he took a plea deal because the evidence against him was so overwhelming. Turns out it was a drug deal gone bad, not a home invasion/burglary like he claimed.

The end result was a conviction and jail time. Justice was served, and the handling in the first few hours days was only indicative of what was presented to the officers at the scene and not how the valued the victim.

If it matters to you, in this case the shooter was black and the person shot was not.

I've also worked a case where the officers initially responded arrested the shooter because it looked suspicious, but turned out that it was a justifiable homicide and all charges were dropped and she was released. This was a woman who shot her husband. It looked like spousal murder at first but further investigation showed she was a long time domestic violence victim and was acting in self defense at that moment.

Her arrest doesn't mean her abusers life was more valued, and in the end it was determined she acted in self defense. Her arrest was only a result of the information available to the officers at that moment and time.

If it matters to you both parties in that case were white.

What happens immediately after has no bearing on how the victims life is valued. It is only indicative of if they have a solid enough case to make the arrest if it seems warranted based on the information available. And also their judgement on if the person is a flight risk while they investigate, if they feel they need to gather more information before making an arrest to ensure the case is super solid, and a myriad of other factors.

It has nothing to do with how "valued" the victim is. Nothing. Zip. Nada. Making up that false dichotomy serves no purpose other than to invent new false reasons to fan flames of hate and division between the police and the public by attributing a bullshit motive to actions that have actual, real and rational explanations.