This here is the problem, they knew they had a problem citizen, yet were unprepared to deal with it by any means other than deadly force. The audio supports this.
What I see are officers poorly equipped to deal with this kind of situation. Fatally shooting pregnant women doesn't make anyone happy, justified or not. We need to make sure responding officers have the equipment they need to subdue unstable individuals without risking their own safety. This never makes national news if either officer has a taser.
Tiny, pregnant ladies with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon skills. Always have to be careful and on the lookout for those. I know it's my #1 fear.
Seriously, these cops are WAY too on edge if this was even considered a real threat. A threat that required lethal force in fact. About a dozen other options would have worked better.
There are two problems here - the first is that the police are trigger happy and using guns. If they'd used a taser instead then right now she'd probably be alive.
The second problem is that whenever something happens to a black person it is immediately turned into a race thing. Police in the US would have shot anyone waving a knife at them - that's where the trigger happy aspect comes in. As angry as anyone would be when a family member is killed it is outright racism to claim it's a black thing. Of course black lives matter, but so do white or Hispanic lives. Black Lives matter seems to be actually saying Black Lives are more important. It's racism - where are those same protesters when a young white person or Hispanic or Chinese is killed by the police? The answer is almost always nowhere to be seen. The fact is violence throughout American society is out of control. Over 13000 people were killed by guns in the US in 2015 and over 26000 injured by them. That's crazy and sickening, but it's also dangerous so partially understandable why the police are so quick to shoot they're almost certainly on edge, but if you want to improve society you need to start with those in charge acting better. Police need to kill less people regardless of race. Perhaps using tasers would be a start, this lady sounds like she spooked them with a knife, it's likely we will never know her actual intention, but if she had been taken down with a non lethal weapon it would have been a better day for everyone.
Her reach is longer with the knife and if she clearly isnt concerned with her safety she can just lunge and get one of the cops. However you seem to have this figured out, sounds like you have a calling in Police Defensive Tactics. You could change how police handle these events if you just spread your teachings.
Wonder why this one wasn't considered 'racist'.
https://m.lasvegassun.com/news/2017/...omestic-viole/