Y’all think this case is cut and dried, a slam-dunk win for the grieving young widow protecting herself and her infant against drug-crazed and armed thugs… and it should be.
But it isn’t always.
In case after case in the USA “no-knock” raids by police (very often raiding a home in error, on faulty or malicious information) the same type of “home invasion” occurs, a lot quicker than the time to dial 9–1-1 and engage the operator in a chat, give the baby a bottle and check your weapon.
Sometimes cops are killed in these raids (as I think they should be, because these raids are as un-American as can be, and cops who participate are in criminal violation of their oath) and the homeowner goes to jail. There are more than a few cases of otherwise innocent homeowners on Death Row for their “crime” of self-defense.
These aren’t drug dealers, just owners of the wrong house at the wrong time, and quicker on the draw and better shots than they were expected to be.
In fact, in some states this woman may very well be prosecuted. If she was on the phone for more than a few minutes, then she had an “opportunity to flee”, which some prosecutors (especially stupid ones, perhaps, or where the homeowner isn’t so photogenic) may very well have prosecuted as a murder charge.