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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jay: [QB] The following is from a 27 June 1999 story written by Darryl Fears that appeared in the L.A. Times [QUOTE]An autopsy showed Miller had a blood alcohol level of 0.13%, about 1 1/2 times the legal limit for driving. The two teenagers shouted but could not wake up Miller, who was lying back with the driver's seat reclined. Miller also looked strange, both girls said later. Her eyes were rolling back in her head and she was twitching. One was concerned about her health, the other was not, according to police reports. They noticed the Lorcin handgun on her lap. The Unocal mini-mart clerk, Euri Covarrubias, also saw the gun when he came out to help. Staring into the car, the three people made an observation that police apparently overlooked when they arrived later, according to the district attorney's report: "Mr. Covarrubias, Ms. Joiner and Ms. King all expressed their concern that if Ms. Miller were startled, she might shoot them." Police say the four officers went to the gas station after the dispatcher told them a woman was unresponsive in her car, with a handgun in her lap. The officers spent several minutes knocking on the car window. They yelled and shook the car but failed to wake Miller, police reports said. Worried that she might be sick, they hatched a plan to smash the driver's side window with a baton and seize the gun. Joiner said police brushed her aside when she tried to talk to them. She wanted to tell them her aunt was bringing a key. When police shattered the car window, Miller bolted upright in her seat. The officers said they saw Miller reach for her gun, prompting them to fire 24 shots. Miller was hit by 12 bullets and killed instantly. A family member who watched the shooting in horror said she saw several officers exchange high-fives after Miller was dead. Another witness said officers made racially offensive statements when family members gathered to cry.[/QUOTE] It seems to me that the four officers hatched a plan that was bound to end in failure and acted upon it before supervision arrived at the scene (a supervisor did arrive, but apparently just seconds before shots were fired). In the end they messed up pretty badly. However, one does wonder what would have happened in this situation had a handgun not been involved. Clearly the four officers approached this situation with guns drawn and ready to fire. And just as cleary it took very little prompting to have them fire 24 times at Ms. Miller. But then again, we all know how sacrosanct the handgun is. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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