dacrash:Being a cop is a very difficult job especially these days when they are targets for everyone.
+1
Obviously I have not seen the footage of the incident, but as front line officers, they are faced with making split decisions in a matter of seconds. The tactical options they choose only come from their training and the ability to surmise a situation up in that short timeframe...certainly an unenviable situation for most of us,
So, she was elderly, a woman but does that make her less dangerous if she had an explosive device strapped to her? Maybe some racial profiling occurred, but a lack of compliance in the first instance was a major contributing factor.
I was taught to comply with Police instructions, and regardless of language barriers, a uniformed officer is not to be messed with - and I have traveled to many parts of the world and if an officer says something, then you certainly do not ignore them.
Now, all this will come out in the ensuing investigation, but in times of heightened security threats, I applaud the work the Police and other agencies do in trying to keep us safe.
Maybe some villages would express their outrage......and say....tsk.