Major Sus: Cop's ARWEN Use in 2019 Death of Woman Ruled as Misconduct 🚨

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Fam, listen up! This is some serious tea. Back in 2019, on Christmas Day of all days, Lisa Rauch was going through it. She had barricaded herself and the cops got called 'cause someone thought she was waving a knife. Turns out Sgt. Ron Kirkwood decided to use an ARWEN – that's like, a "less-lethal" gun that shoots plastic bullets.

Here's where it gets real sus. Apparently, there was mad smoke in the room, so you couldn't see anything. But Kirkwood still fired the ARWEN, and it hit Rauch in the head. She later died. Now, a retired judge is saying that was straight-up misconduct. According to the judge, it was reckless and not needed cuz nobody could even see what they were doing. No cap! 🤯

Rauch's mom is, understandably, totally shook. She's hoping this whole situation will make cops think twice before they start blasting with the ARWEN, especially when they can't even see who they're aiming at. The police chief said he's gonna peep the ruling and see if they can learn anything from it. They've already updated their note-taking policy and done some training with firefighters.

This whole thing is a big deal because it was the first public hearing of its kind under the Police Act after someone died. They're still tryna figure out what the punishment should be, and they'll drop that info at a future hearing. Stay woke, y'all! This could change how cops use these weapons in the future. 👀