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threat to the officer who shot her. Neighborsquestioned why officers could not have usednonlethal force to subdue her. 67Aura RosserNovember 9, 2014 / Ann Arbor, Michigan“She would have fainted at the sight of the gunbeing drawn on her. She would have been extremelydocile, no aggression whatsoever towardspolice.” The officer who shot Rosser wasnot charged with her death, but her family ismoving forward with a civil suit. 68When Aura Rosser’s boyfriend called the policeto his apartment over a domestic dispute,Rosser was fatally shot upon their arrival. Policelater claimed she had attacked them with aknife, compelling them to use deadly force. Herboyfriend contradicted them, telling reporters,“It doesn’t make any sense … me and her,we had an argument. Glass was being broke,so I called the police to escort her out … thepolice said ‘police,’ so I stopped. She walkedtowards them. They said ‘freeze’ and the nextthing I know I heard [gunshots].” One officershot Rosser while the other attempted to use aTaser to subdue her. Rosser suffered from addictionand mental health issues, but her sisterdisputes that she was a threat to the police.Yvette SmithFebruary 16, 2014 / Bastrop County, TexasPolice officers arrived at 47-year-old YvetteSmith’s home in response to a domestic disturbancecomplaint between two men in thehousehold. Smith, a single mother of two,opened the door for the officers and was shotalmost immediately in the head and the stomach.The officers first alleged that Smith had agun, but that claim was retracted the next day.Deputy Daniel Willis, who fatally shot Smith,has been indicted for murder. 69 2525