@MrGeezer:
If the family are indeed allegedly brainwashing the child, like several users here have alleged, then the child should be interviewed independently, preferably by child care specialists or social workers not involved with either the family or the local police. The footage posted on social media (which was conveniently shut down by police during the actual stand-off itself) could also be examined. Forensic experts could also be brought in to examine the scene. There are many things that can be done if this matter were to be taken to court.
I didn't say all cops are unreliable witnesses. I said the local police department, which will almost certainly be biased towards the police officers who work there and shot her, is unreliable. The point of criminal justice is not to be biased, and not to take sides, which is what the local police department will almost certainly do, which makes them unreliable. And if there is no way for police officers involved in fatal shootings to be held accountable for their actions (regardless of the race of the victims), then the only logical conclusion from all of this is that the US criminal justice system is corrupt.
And to reiterate, fatal police shootings are extremely rare in most other civilized countries, yet they're so extremely common in the US. Why is that? Why are there so many fatal police shootings in the US? And why are they disproportionately targeted towards particular races (blacks & Hispanics) more than others (whites)? There are serious questions to be asked about the US criminal justice system, and US gun culture in general, but it seems many Americans would much rather bury their heads in the sand rather than acknowledge that there are serious issues with their country, from police corruption, to racial bias, to gun culture.
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