Here is a new illustration for you inspired by the shooting of Joseph Alfonso Forest and the Baltimore Police Department's policy of not naming officers involved in shootings. For those of you who don't know the story, on February 17, 2009, 5 year police veteran Traci McKissick was on her way to a disorderly call in the 200 block of N. Lakewood Avenue. During her investigation she was allegedly overpowered by 61 year old Joseph Alfonso Forest. When a back up officer arrived he found Forest holding McKissick in a headlock and attempting to take away her service arm. The back up officer allegedly ordered Forest to stop and fired one shot into his upper body. Forest and McKissick then fell to the ground. Forest allegedly continued to try to take away her pistol. McKissick at this point regained control of her weapon and fired several shots into his legs.It is impressively tragic that the only person in this situation who did what he should have was also most likely the one who killed another man. McKissick probably shouldn't have been a police officer given the way situations seemed to get away from her, and Forest definitely shouldn't have tried to grab a cop's gun. A man trying to introduce deadly force to a situation with a comrade is about as solid a justification for a shooting as there is. It is impressively tragic that the only person in this situation who did what he should have was also most likely the one who more than likely killed another man.
