8-Day Blog Post: Cycle 5 NYPD Shooting

Today on CNN, a video claimed that there was a shooting between a mentally disturbed black woman and a NY policeman. The policeman was supposed to use precautions because he supposedly knew that the lady was unstable, however, he overlooked his training and fired two shots whenever the woman advanced towards the policeman with a baseball bat in hand. The story is very touchy because there have been many shootings and conflicts between cops and civilians, so this only adds to the flame, considering that she was a black woman and the cop was a white man. The government is debating implementing better training, security, and handling of situations by cops to settle the conflicts. The past situations between policemen and innocent people have caused quite an uproar on social media, and among the government and public eye.