Family Outrage & Police Chief Defense After Mom & Baby Killed In Shooting

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Nina Book, Maria Pike’s twin sister who lives out-of-state, believes charges should have been filed against the officer who shot and killed her sister and her sister’s baby, in November of last year.

“They literally let a man get away with double homicide,” Book said. “Full footages need to be shown to the public. People need to know. “Hey, actually we can do something about this.” We can use our voices to change the laws.”

And here's the quote from the Chief: 

“These officers, when faced with a deadly force encounter by a female who decided not to be put into a situation, but chose to grab a butcher knife and charge at them, acted exactly as they were trained to do,” Chief Adam Dustman said.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com links . . .

'We didn't get justice': Family reacts to no charges in IPD shooting deaths

A message from the family of an Independence woman and her infant, killed in a police shooting when she grabbed a knife

Important counterpoint .

Independence police chief justifies police shooting of mother, baby

The Independence police chief says his officers acted accordingly in the deadly police shooting of a mother and her baby.

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