Boyfriend of woman shot by Ann Arbor police: 'Why would you kill her?'

[Cal Carpenter]

Boyfriend of woman shot by Ann Arbor police: 'Why would you kill her?;

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"Why would you kill her? He shot her in the head and in the chest," Stephens said. "It was a woman with a knife. It doesn't make any sense."

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"Me and her, we had an argument. Glass was being broke, so I called the police to escort her out," Stephens said.

When officers arrived, Stephens said he was in a separate hallway in the house away from where the woman was with the knife. Stephens said the woman had a fish knife in her hand when police announced their arrival.

"The police said 'police,' so I stopped. She walked towards them," Stephens said. "They said 'freeze' and the next thing I know I heard (gunshots)."

After the shots were fired, Stephens later asked if he could talk to the woman and that's when he was informed she was dead.


http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2014/11/witness_in_ann_arbor_police_sh.html#incart_m-rpt-2




Don't know the details but it sounds like there were a few witnesses so hopefully some semblance of truth will come out. Ugh.

[alcibiades_mystery]

1. If you have a knife within 150 yards of a police officer

you'll surely due grave injury to that officer.



Gun nut and cop fetishist shithead arguments on knife distance coming in 3...2....1....

[aikoaiko]

10. He definitely should have waited to be stabbed twice before taking out the pepper spray.

[Lurks Often]

15. Pity the facts don't support your infantile name calling

A humorous approach from Mythbusters:

And a far more serious approach from a trainer with 30+ years of experience:

[PETRUS]

2. Wow.

Fuckin' Ann Arbor.

[Cal Carpenter]

3. Yeah, there's sort of a 'this can't happen here' vibe

in Ann Arbor when it comes to things like this. I really hope more info comes out and I wonder how the town will deal with it.

[L0oniX]

14. The city that used to have $5 fines for weed.

[Cal Carpenter]

16. Those days are long gone

Granted, weed busts still aren't an issue for most people in Ann Arbor (well, at least white people with a clean record), but Ann Arbor ain't what it used to be.

[PeteSelman]

4. Never call the cops unless you absolutely have no other choice.

This is the kind of thing that happens all too often. Or they'll kill your dog or even kill you.

[Cal Carpenter]

5. Yep, regardless of the details, this woman's boyfriend called for *help*

So you are right, that's the lesson learned here.

[scarystuffyo]

6. I'm no friend of the police but a fillet knife can do alot of damage

Especially in tight quarters like a home or hallway.
If he heard them say freeze and she kept walking towards the cop with the knife.

I can't blame him

[ladjf]

8. She was "... walking toward the cop". Excuse me, but ,couldn't the cop have walked away from her

rather than killing her?

[JaneyVee]

21. Shoot her in the foot.

[scarystuffyo]

23. He could have tried legshots but then again he could have crippled her

if it was in or close to the knee
but it's better than dead

I'm not a firearm owner so I don't know how easy it is to make a shot like that.

I'm going to imagine it's not an easy shot when you have a person coming at you with a knife.

[Cal Carpenter]

7. Her name is Aura Rosser

and here's a link with a little more info and a video clip

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/11/cops-shoot-woman-after-boyfriend-asks-for-help-in-dispute-why-would-you-kill-her/

[aikoaiko]

9. Knife in hand, moving toward police after being toward to freeze? On a domestic violence 911 call?

There's no mystery here as to why she was shot.

[Comrade Grumpy]

24. Don't be so quick to justify this killing.

Here's what the article says:

The 54-year-old Stephens said he was in another part of the house when police announced their arrival, and he stopped moving – but he said Rosser turned toward them.

“They said ‘freeze,’ and the next thing I know I heard (gunshots),” Stephens said.

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So, the cops enter the house, the woman is holding the fish knife, they announce their presence, she "turned toward them," and they shot her. Not that she was advancing on them. When someone announces their presence, people generally turn toward them.

Oh, and this woman is black. I'm sure that has nothing to do with anything.

[aikoaiko]

26. "She walked towards them," Stephens said.

Not just turned.

But you are correct that from "freeze" to gunshots we don't know if she continued to walk toward the police.

[randome]

11. He called the police on her then walked away when they arrived? What an idiot.

Some boyfriend.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Precision and concision. That's the game.[/center][/font][hr]

[Iggo]

12. Don't call the cops unless you want someone dead.

[dawg]

17. This ^

Don't call the cops on your loved one unless your very life is in jeopardy and it's either them or you.

[joeglow3]

18. Like coming at police with a fillet knife after being told to freeze?

[dawg]

19. Without a doubt you cannot do such a thing and expect to survive.

A police officer, even a mild-mannered one, does not want to risk getting knifed to death. They are going to think about their own loved ones first, and not yours.

[Comrade Grumpy]

25. She wasn't "coming at police." They announced their presence, and she "turned toward them."

And they shot her.

What do you do when someone announces their presence to you? Do you turn toward them?

[joeglow3]

27. I went off the quote of her boyfriend.

I have not seen other accounts that said she just turned around.

[Rex]

20. Some cops look for a reason to put holes in people.

She had a knife and was pretty harmless to all those cops, but they killed her anyway. However, I am surprised they shot her and didn't taser her instead.

[Blue_Tires]

22. I'm curious to know why he called the cops and wasn't waiting at the door

or outside for their arrival...

I'm also very interested in hearing the nature of his 911 call...If he had said something like "My GF has a knife, and she's going crazy threatening to kill me," then of course the cops are barging in ready to shoot...