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Seattle Police vs former ranger

This compilation of bodycam footage shows police officers from Seattle, Washington, arriving to a domestic violence call in progress. Upon their arrival, the suspect- reportedly a former Army Ranger- retreats upstairs into his home, where he takes a parting shot at the victim. As she lies there, the Seattle cops take up a perimeter and the clock starts ticking. Due to the nature of the incident, viewer discretion is advised. Objectively speaking, this is disappointing work. The officers allow the suspect to retreat and barricade upstairs, while only meekly announcing their presence as opposed to any decisive action. Because of this, he has the initiative and chooses to use it to shoot the DV victim. Due to some mixture of what I assume is procedure and training along with fear, they leave her where she lay. Officers are similarly indecisive in telling her to move, or not to, but none of them makes any move to get the patient to safety. For almost the entirety of the five minute video she lays there bleeding while they lamely call for a medic. Eventually, one of the officers gets a shot on the suspect through the window. After this recording ended, Fire/EMS extracted and treated the victim while SWAT took over, establishing a perimeter and throwing in a phone line for negotiations. Eventually they made entry and found the shooter dead. It is unclear whether his death was self-inflicted or a result of the officers. The victim was last listed as in serious condition. A pedestrian effort that may yet cost the life of the victim.

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