No Good Reason

[xenon]

The most interesting thing is that the right-leaning websites have taken up the exact sort of arguments that left-leaning sources do in most police shootings:

"corrupt process, unaccountable police officers, etc."

[George K]

I'll leave the "was the shooting justified" question to those who know more about shooting unarmed civilians without warning in closed environments with potential victims nearby to those who know more than I do.

What this all seems to point to is that Byrd was not interviewed or questioned. It also says that there's nothing to indicate criminal prosecution. Not all unjustified police shootings end up in criminal prosecution, do they - there are disciplinary standards that can be held against the officer.

The fact that these procedures, followed by countless law enforcement agencies around the country, were not followed smells of something. Show me how Byrd was held accountable, or exonerated (other than "no criminal prosecution), and I might change my opinion.

And that feeds the conspiracy theorists, and others.

[taiwan_girl]

What if there was a crowd outside your house and one of the people broke one of your windows and leaned their body inside?

You are standing on the inside of the house with a gun.

What is your response?

[Copper]

Ms. Babbit was a US citizen, technically an owner of this house.