Facts don't justify Elgin police shooting

The shooting of Decynthia Clements, with two bullets going into her head, and one into her body, has certainly divided the city of Elgin. Many people have an opinion. I do, and I was threatened because of my opinion. The elected officials of Elgin, and both the old and new police chiefs were both notified in writing. It turns out my antagonist was a "keyboard commando." However, this threat made this incident, to me, personal.

I predict the city of Elgin will make a large out-of-court settlement.

Let's simplify what happened, with no philosophy or predetermined opinions considered. At least seven police officers were on the scene, with four nonlethal methods of dealing with this small-in-stature woman, who had a knife. They had nonlethal bullets, night sticks, a Taser or Tasers and pepper spray available to deal with this, not to mention the fact that seven highly trained police officers should have no problem overpowering Decynthia.

Does anyone think the city of Elgin will go to court on this? Every officer on the scene, except for the officer who opened fire, will have to justify why they didn't start shooting. The shooter will have to justify why he thought he needed to put two bullets into DeCynthia's head, and one into her body.

As an aside, many of the biggest supporters of the shooting have social media that shows they are Christian. I've challenged them to stand before their god and justify, using the above facts only, the shooting. According to their holy book, their god loves Decynthia just as much as their god loves them.

John Sutter

Mundelein