Woman with Asperger’s who touched millions with viral video shot dead by police in Arizona

[KamaAina]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/woman-asperger-shot-dead-police-article-1.2520902

A woman with Asperger’s who posted a touching viral video with her service dog last summer has been shot dead by police.

Danielle Jacobs was killed by Mesa, Arizona, officers on Thursday after they arrived at her apartment for a suicide call around 11 a.m., her mother Stacia confirmed to the Daily News.

Police told local media that the 24-year-old came at them with a knife and they fired in self-defense.

Jacobs had garnered international attention last year for posting a courageous video where she sobs as her loving dog Samson provided comfort during a meltdown and used his paws to stop her hitting herself.

[villager]

1. Great job of "preventing suicide," cops!

[madokie]

2. the lesson here is don't call the dang cops

they make things worse so many times.

[Laffy Kat]

3. This is effing heart-breaking.

What the F&*k is wrong w/cops?

[Iggo]

4. I'm sure their body-cams will back up their story that their lives were in imminent danger.

[KamaAina]

8. Assuming they didn't suddenly break down.

[Mosby]

10. They were not wearing cameras.

[Iggo]

15. Gosh! What a surprise!

I guess we'll just have to take their word for it.

[missingthebigdog]

5. As the mother of three young adults with Autism,

Stories like this one terrify me.
Where are we to turn when our child's symptoms are more than we can manage?

[boomer55]

6. bean bags, tasers.... what the hell people... we have non lethal tools for this.

[romanic]

7. So sad.

Very very sad. Our country has failed us in many ways, overly aggressive police and a lack of care for the mentally ill/impared. :/

[greyl]

9. Cops need to the learn how to retreat as a reflexive action more often,

instead of pulling their triggers. Especially when they're up against a damn knife.

[LittleBlue]

11. Looks like suicide by cop

The cops could try to use a taser. Of course, if it failed they'd be stabbed in the face. Two cops here in Seattle tried to use tasers.

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/fatal-police-shooting-raises-questions-about-taser-failures/

[KamaAina]

12. That's undoubtedly what the cops want us to think

not that likely, since it was her friends who called the cops.

And there is this device known as a "shield" that's been around since, I don't know, the Bronze Age. It could have kept them from getting stabbed.

[LittleBlue]

13. TBH I thought the shields were mostly for projectiles

It takes little strength to pull down a shield if grabbed from the edge. Works against protesters because they usually aren't armed or suicidal.

[Initech]

14. The police need to have their guns taken away.

Seriously - they've abused the privilege. They should lose them.

[Blue_Tires]

16. very sad...