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TN Woman Points Gun at Police; Taken Into Custody Without Incident

I couldn't decide if this a story about a "gun fail" or about white privilege or a story about the police that would likely have had a much different ending had it taken place in a black (or Latino) neighborhood. The reality is that all of these things can be true. This is a story about a likely disturbed woman who had access to a firearm and went on a drive-by shooting spree.

Clouse did not recognize the driver, but the woman arrested for attempted murder, Julia Shields, 45, lived just up the street at 1504 Cloverdale Drive.
Police said Shields, blonde and wearing body armor, raced through the neighborhood, past well-manicured lawns and simple brick houses, firing multiple shots out her window at people and cars.

It's also a story that would likely have had a much different ending had it taken place in another part of town.
Shields sped away in her car and led officers on a chase down Highway 153 and Hixson Pike, still pointing her firearm at vehicles she passed.
Eventually, officers stopped and arrested Shields at Cloverdale Drive and Koblan Drive, near the spot where the shootings occurred and just blocks from her house. She pointed her firearm at an officer, but was taken into custody without incident or injury, the release stated.

I'm not a police officer and I'm sure that if this suspect had actually fired at the police, then they would have fired back. But, I do wonder a bit as to how/why a suspect who has fired at multiple people, houses, and cars, led the police on a chase, and aimed a gun at an officer, is taken into custody "without incident" while unarmed kids, kids playing with toys, and adults looking at toys in a discount store aren't afforded the same discretion and restraint.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/12/28/1354473/-TN-Woman-Points-Gun-at-Police-Taken-Into-Custody-Without-Incident