<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>Woman who used children as shield dies after being shot : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). 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Maybe she wasn't all the way there, either brain-wise or conscience-wise.<br/><br/>Using someone else as a shield is really low, but using your own kids? Unthinkably despicable.]]></content><score></score><crdate>2/13/2008 10:58:33 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-13T22:58:33+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>201454</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50454/1/xml_widget.rss#q12</url><title><![CDATA[TraumaMamma @ 2/13/2008 7:47:04 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/plime-com/l/50454/1/#q11"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>tragluk</b>&#160;:&#160;According to the article they tried the taser first.  It sounds like they did everything they could to prevent it and they probably took extraordinary precautions with the kids there.<br/><br/>Something tells me that this wasn't just over a 'simple traffic stop' though.  There was something else going on.</i></div>I agree.]]></content><score></score><crdate>2/13/2008 7:47:04 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-13T19:47:04+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>201435</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50454/1/xml_widget.rss#q11</url><title><![CDATA[tragluk @ 2/13/2008 7:18:04 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[According to the article they tried the taser first.  It sounds like they did everything they could to prevent it and they probably took extraordinary precautions with the kids there.<br/><br/>Something tells me that this wasn't just over a 'simple traffic stop' though.  There was something else going on.]]></content><score></score><crdate>2/13/2008 7:18:04 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-13T19:18:04+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>201428</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50454/1/xml_widget.rss#q10</url><title><![CDATA[coldbladed @ 2/13/2008 7:07:18 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/plime-com/l/50454/1/#q9"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>TraumaMamma</b> : Correct!<br/><br/>Also, if one is armed with a knife and doesn't care about their children getting shot (as they are protecting you), I am sure the police worried the children could get stabbed as well.<br/><br/>Desperate people do desperate things.</i></div>Thats what I was thinking too! Take her out before she hurts/kills the kids. Unfortunately &quot;take her out&quot; meant more than incapacitate in this case :(]]></content><score></score><crdate>2/13/2008 7:07:18 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-13T19:07:18+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>201386</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50454/1/xml_widget.rss#q9</url><title><![CDATA[TraumaMamma @ 2/13/2008 6:07:31 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/plime-com/l/50454/1/#q6"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>2manyusernames</b>&#160;:&#160;That is one possible question.<br/><br/>Here is another...<br/><br/>Which is the preferred action<br/><br/>1) Shoot the lady who was lunging with a knife possibly attempting to stab someone.<br/><br/>or<br/><br/>2) Sit back and allow her to stab someone, possibly killing an officer. An officer who may very well have had kids of their own.<br/><br/>The police apparently acted in self-defense. 100% righteous. Even if someone says it was only an aggressive move. She wasn't really trying to stab someone. You don't know that. Nor does anyone have time. Would you be willing to take a chance if some lady was coming after you with a knife?<br/><br/>No the police did the right thing. She is the sole problem here. Or rather, <i>was</i></i></div>Correct!<br/><br/>Also, if one is armed with a knife and doesn't care about their children getting shot (as they are protecting you), I am sure the police worried the children could get stabbed as well.<br/><br/>Desperate people do desperate things.]]></content><score></score><crdate>2/13/2008 6:07:31 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-13T18:07:31+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>201379</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50454/1/xml_widget.rss#q8</url><title><![CDATA[dOntEAtpOOp @ 2/13/2008 6:03:43 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/plime-com/l/50454/1/#q6"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>2manyusernames</b>&#160;:&#160;That is one possible question.<br/><br/>Here is another...<br/><br/>Which is the preferred action<br/><br/>1) Shoot the lady who was lunging with a knife possibly attempting to stab someone.<br/><br/>or<br/><br/>2) Sit back and allow her to stab someone, possibly killing an officer. An officer who may very well have had kids of their own.<br/><br/>The police apparently acted in self-defense. 100% righteous. Even if someone says it was only an aggressive move. She wasn't really trying to stab someone. You don't know that. Nor does anyone have time. Would you be willing to take a chance if some lady was coming after you with a knife?<br/><br/>No the police did the right thing. She is the sole problem here. Or rather, <i>was</i></i></div>I agree. Still sucks for the kids though. It's likely that their entire lives will revolve around this. I can't imagine them having respect for the police after this incident, regardless of whether it is justifyable or not.]]></content><score></score><crdate>2/13/2008 6:03:43 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-13T18:03:43+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>201372</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50454/1/xml_widget.rss#q7</url><title><![CDATA[germz @ 2/13/2008 5:59:12 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[horribly written article, need more info]]></content><score></score><crdate>2/13/2008 5:59:12 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-13T17:59:12+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>201361</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50454/1/xml_widget.rss#q6</url><title><![CDATA[2manyusernames @ 2/13/2008 5:42:41 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/plime-com/l/50454/1/#q5"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>phunky</b> : The real question is, which is worse - a woman using her kids as meat shields, or a woman being shot and killed because she made an &quot;aggressive move&quot; with a knife at a f**king traffic stop? If they weren't pointing guns at her she'd hardly have been hiding behind her kids in the first place. Now they don't have a mum at all, even if she was a mental case.<br/>Way to go.</i></div>That is one possible question.<br/><br/>Here is another...<br/><br/>Which is the preferred action<br/><br/>1) Shoot the lady who was lunging with a knife possibly attempting to stab someone.<br/><br/>or<br/><br/>2) Sit back and allow her to stab someone, possibly killing an officer. An officer who may very well have had kids of their own.<br/><br/>The police apparently acted in self-defense. 100% righteous. Even if someone says it was only an aggressive move. She wasn't really trying to stab someone. You don't know that. Nor does anyone have time. Would you be willing to take a chance if some lady was coming after you with a knife?<br/><br/>No the police did the right thing. She is the sole problem here. Or rather, <i>was</i>]]></content><score></score><crdate>2/13/2008 5:42:41 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-13T17:42:41+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>201288</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50454/1/xml_widget.rss#q5</url><title><![CDATA[phunky @ 2/13/2008 4:07:12 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[The real question is, which is worse - a woman using her kids as meat shields, or a woman being shot and killed because she made an &quot;aggressive move&quot; with a knife at a f**king traffic stop? If they weren't pointing guns at her she'd hardly have been hiding behind her kids in the first place. Now they don't have a mum at all, even if she was a mental case.<br/>Way to go.]]></content><score></score><crdate>2/13/2008 4:07:12 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-13T16:07:12+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>201272</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50454/1/xml_widget.rss#q4</url><title><![CDATA[gratheo @ 2/13/2008 3:52:44 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[Sick and twisted.]]></content><score></score><crdate>2/13/2008 3:52:44 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-13T15:52:44+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>201269</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50454/1/xml_widget.rss#q3</url><title><![CDATA[maven @ 2/13/2008 3:51:59 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[Corrected.]]></content><score></score><crdate>2/13/2008 3:51:59 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-13T15:51:59+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>201259</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50454/1/xml_widget.rss#q2</url><title><![CDATA[melgesevad @ 2/13/2008 3:47:01 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[Link is bad.]]></content><score></score><crdate>2/13/2008 3:47:01 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-13T15:47:01+01:00</atomdate></comment></items></xml>