Cop fatally shoots woman during role-play exercise

Posted by | August 10, 2016 15:36 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly


Mary Knowlton arrived at the Punta Gorda, Florida police station to participate in a citizen academy course Tuesday night. Tragically she was driven away in an ambulance with a gunshot wound and pronounced DOA at the hospital. The 73-year old Knowlton was participating in a Citizen Academy course organized by the Chamber of Commerce. She was…

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8 responses to Cop fatally shoots woman during role-play exercise

  1. labman57 August 10th, 2016 at 16:41

    Well, I guess we know what NOT to do — use live rounds during a simulation involving regular citizens.

  2. whatthe46 August 10th, 2016 at 16:42

    Was it necessary to use a real weapon? Well I guess people were suppose to automatically assume that if a cop holds a weapon pointed at you, in a make believe event, meaning it’s not real, he would: A. Use a fake gun or B. Use a fake gun. This is seriously wreckless behavior. Assume every weapon you hold in your hand is what “LOADED!”

  3. arc99 August 10th, 2016 at 18:24

    You never point a real weapon at anyone unless you are fully prepared to squeeze the trigger. I feel for everyone involved here, especially the officer who killed this woman, as there was no malice on anyone’s part.

    But as someone who has never served in law enforcement, or the military, and who does not consider himself to be a firearms expert, even I know that you never point a real gun at anyone under any circumstances unless you intend to shoot.

  4. dogsRgoodpeople August 10th, 2016 at 18:40

    if you are scheduled for a “role play” such as this, and someone says ” you’ll be in black-face” ……………… RUN , DON’T WALK

  5. Mike August 10th, 2016 at 18:54

    How is no one charged here…??? At the very least its wreck less endangerment …
    Why was a live round chambered during an exercise with civilians…??

  6. Roctuna August 10th, 2016 at 18:59

    So-called “trained professionals” can’t be trusted to be responsible gun users and we’re all supposed to trust any joker or 2ndA fanatic who picks up a gun at a swap meet? The gun culture in this country is as dysfunctional as the insane right wing that supports Herr Drumpf. This is f*cking nuts.

  7. Snick1946 August 10th, 2016 at 21:08

    Mention has been made elsewhere that the cop playing the bad guy was wearing make up to make him look like a black man. It did look like this to me when i saw the clip from the video. If so, well OMG.

    Police departments need to cut out all this crap with ‘citizens’ participating in what should be training for police only. It is probably well intentioned but this nice lady would still be live tonight if they’d have done training with just their own.

  8. bpollen August 11th, 2016 at 04:32

    Well, in their defense, who could have predicted that the use of live ammunition might be dangerous? It’s not like they use live ammunition in shootouts, is it?

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