This is a very sad situation. The family should file a wrongful DEATH (not DEBT) case against the state on this matter. The officers might not be proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt, but they should be able to settle this case for monetary purposes at the very least to alleviate some of the pain and suffering of her family and children.
Why they had to kill her, like a animal, she had a pizza knife and a pair of sccissors ? Look if they tase gun didn’t work , why they could have shot her in the legs ? This is very sad how she was killed !
jorge buesa……..i have family members who chose to be police officers. i certainly asked the same question to my police officer relatives, why not shoot for the purpose of just stopping, not killing a charging violent person. the law enforcement taught in the police academies of the USA is, once a police officer decided to shoot, its shoot to kill, no ifs or buts to think of alternatives, but to kill. the filipina case, caused her death in virginia is not an isolated case. there are many similar cases that happened in the past with the same result. its unknown if she had psych history. in general, a full blown psychotic person, man or woman in violent mode, the strength can equal multiple people strength. of course they can bring the case to the civil court for restitution, the burden of proof is with the plaintiff, cases of this nature usually are settled out of court.
Her alleged bizarre behavior prompted store managers to call the police last May 29. Two sheriff’s deputies were among the first responders. ( In other words she created the problem to herself. Manager has to call Police ) According to the findings conducted by the Sheriff’s Office and Virginia State Police as reviewed by the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office, De Leon-Scott failed to drop her weapons – a pizza knife and a pair of scissors, after she was ordered to do so. ( She made the scene , she forgot theres authority and Laws for bad behaviour and acted insane , wont drop her weapon when told too . For every bad actions theres a consequence , too bad she got shot , she provoked the law inforcement ,she tried to measure the officer’s ability , and that’s the outcome .)
