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25. And the cops had no idea what she had in her car

Sat Oct 5, 2013, 10:00 AM

Oct 2013

For all they knew, she was saving the "gun" for the right moment. I'm sorry it ended the way it did, but I'm glad that nobody else was hurt, including the baby.

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Sisters question fatal shooting in DC police chase [View all] Omaha Steve Oct 2013 OP

What happened was certainly tragic theHandpuppet Oct 2013 #1

To me, it was a police overreaction. Then again, I wasn't there and am only using RKP5637 Oct 2013 #2

80 mph down Constitution Ave, trying to penetrate 2 security barriers, 1 yo in back seat DrDan Oct 2013 #4

Despite the fact she did not shoot, probably what sums it up best is she was RKP5637 Oct 2013 #7

And the cops had no idea what she had in her car MiniMe Oct 2013 #25

video shows police tried to get her out of car, guns drawn, but Carey drove off at high speed wordpix Oct 2013 #44

Completely Unacceptable Imaginativeone Oct 2013 #3

Did you see the videos? theHandpuppet Oct 2013 #5

The police were lenient with her bigworld Oct 2013 #10

Thanks for the welcome :-) Imaginativeone Oct 2013 #17

Sadly, in this age of terra, the trunk of the car could have been laden with high explosives indepat Oct 2013 #51

Not what the police deem "erratic" Inkfreak Oct 2013 #16

Factually wrong. dgibby Oct 2013 #28

There are signs signifying just that. Ranchemp. Oct 2013 #32

not always thus reddread Oct 2013 #34

Yup. WilliamPitt Oct 2013 #37

in this case for certain reddread Oct 2013 #39

Welcome to DU gopiscrap Oct 2013 #38

Welcome to Du and good name choice. uppityperson Oct 2013 #40

hyperbole, much? She did not just "approach" the WH, she smashed through the barriers wordpix Oct 2013 #45

Where the hell were her sisters ... jessie04 Oct 2013 #6

Excellent question!!! n/t RKP5637 Oct 2013 #8

It's much harder than you think theHandpuppet Oct 2013 #11

+1 As someone with several family members with mental health and addiction TheDebbieDee Oct 2013 #13

As the saying goes, "you had to be there" theHandpuppet Oct 2013 #15

+ 1000 jessie04 Oct 2013 #22

No problem.... theHandpuppet Oct 2013 #24

the true blame is the cure reddread Oct 2013 #35

It is also probably a lot harder than we think treestar Oct 2013 #27

I agree theHandpuppet Oct 2013 #31

+1, I have a mentally ill acquaintance wordpix Oct 2013 #46

Excellent point treestar Oct 2013 #26

Unfortunately the police had little choice in this matter. Snake Plissken Oct 2013 #9

caltrops reddread Oct 2013 #33

Of course they do. It's their sister. chelsea0011 Oct 2013 #12

The High Speed Chase bucolic_frolic Oct 2013 #14

EMP Imaginativeone Oct 2013 #18

Go ahead Duckhunter935 Oct 2013 #23

That is one funny ass website ROFL snooper2 Oct 2013 #50

Not surprising Marrah_G Oct 2013 #19

I will pray for her, her sisters and her daughter bottomofthehill Oct 2013 #30

If she had killed people, the shooting would be less questioned Democat Oct 2013 #20

Our police forces are being trained as paramilitary attack squads randr Oct 2013 #21

who needs a death penalty reddread Oct 2013 #36

I would hope the security around the White House would be paramilitary.. EX500rider Oct 2013 #41

I hope they are well enough trained to assess a threat and randr Oct 2013 #42

It appears to most of us that they did just that. n/t EX500rider Oct 2013 #47

I will wait for an autopsy randr Oct 2013 #48

The police are NOT mind-readers, folks. . . DinahMoeHum Oct 2013 #29

I'm surprised she got away from the WH. sofa king Oct 2013 #43

Sometimes, things are simply a tragedy. This is one of those cases. hamsterjill Oct 2013 #49