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This was a failure of the community to police itself. That the cops were involved doesn't make much difference. As it happens, the person who erred in judgement was a police officer, but it could have been a neighbour, a friend, a relative, you, or me.
What's more, for all we know, the woman was packing and chose not to blow the guy away. Note also that its entirely possible that the abuser chose not to shoot the victim.
If your point is, as it seems to be, that we can only rely on ourselves because social institutions are dysfunctional, why do you care so much about laws? If society is fucked, so too are legal institutions and the violent apparatus of the state.
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