It's not the first time a woman has been treated like a criminal for defending herself against an abusive former spouse.
South Huntsville, AL– A woman was shot by police Sunday evening after her estranged husband, against whom who she had filed multiple protection orders, broke into her home and threatened her with a weapon.
Lisa Skinner, was at the house she shares with her mother on Sunday as Bradley Skinner, broke the glass on a back door and entered the home carrying a pistol and a large knife. The frightened woman asked her mother to go to a neighbor’s to call the police for help, and her mother set off the home security system on her way out.
Lisa previously stated ‘I left in fear of becoming a victim of murder/suicide,’ as she applied for a restraining order against Skinner. The order was in effect on Sunday when the break-in took place.
Aiming to defend her life, Lisa Skinner, 52, armed herself with a shotgun and moved to the garage. Bradley, 59, who had been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation as part of their divorce, followed her and allegedly aimed his pistol at her. That is when Lisa Skinner shot the man in his chest.
As the shots rang out, the police were arriving on the scene and saw Lisa Skinner holding the shotgun in the garage as the home alarm went off.
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That is not even the close to being the first time cops show up and murder the VICTIM.
ReplyDeleteI GUARANTEE she didn't point the weapon at the police. They saw a gun, became "afraid" and shot her without having a clue.
But they went home safely and that's what counts.
I made that last part up.
Keep cheering.
if they did not order her to drop the weapon and she never pointed it at them they were against protocol when they shot her.
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