Constitutional Law

Another 911 call

Video here. The video clip doesn't relate the whole story; apparently she called 911, wound up relayed to wrong police department, got transferred, related her location (although too panicked to give an exact address), fled to the police station and was killed in their parking lot after being kept out by some manner of fence.

The commentators have a point: given that the event lasted 3.5 minutes, with her changing locations, it'd be hard to prove that even if 911 had handled it efficiently, she would have lived. On the other hand, if she'd been able to dial 357...

Hat tip to Don Kates...

Full post as published by Of Arms and the Law on October 07, 2008 (boomark / email).