Addendum
Having read my previous post, I feel I should add a follow-up regarding a big difference between British and US culture which could account for the disparity of opinion on this subject.
I have noticed that in the USA it is an unremarkable occurrence, that barely merits page four local news, for a teenager to be shot and killed by police because his car was mistaken for one used as a getaway car by armed bank robbers. However, this is something that we Brits would find deeply shocking and would lead to front page national headlines for days with numerous inquests, investigations and documentaries.
It should therefore maybe not come as a suprise that most Americans do not bat an eyelid when reading of this woman's story, whereas the Brits feel righteously indignant. We can't change the way we were brought up, but there is bound to be a clash of cultures in cases such as this.