This video above is from ABC News. The footage shows the dash cam of a New Mexico State Police vehicle. The incident it captures is the dramatic escalation from routine traffic stop to officers opening fire. Oriana Ferrell was pulled over in her minivan for speeding. After the officer steps away from the vehicle, Ferrell takes off. She then pulls over again once the officer catches back up to her.
This time, the officer yells at Ferrell to step out of the vehicle. He even appears to pull her from the van as her five children begin screaming. Once she is out of the vehicle, they talk momentarily but then she attempts to reenter the van. Her 14 year old son then rushes at the officer and is chased back into the van once his taser is pulled.
The officer then pulls out his baton and shatters the van's passenger side window as backup arrives on the scene. Ferrell starts pulling away again and an officer that had just arrived pulls his gun and fires three shots at the vehicle.
The officers chase Ferrell down again and finally arrest her and her son. According to an article by Gillian Mohney for ABC News, Oriana Ferrell is charged with five counts of abuse of a child, aggravated fleeing of an officer, resisting an officer, reckless driving, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Her son is being charged with battery of an officer.
An internal investigation has been launched to review the actions of the officers in this situation. It seems as if there is no doubt, however, that both parties involved are guilty of wrongdoing. The mother for endangering her five children and resisting officers. The officers for shattering a window and opening fire on a minivan full of kids.
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