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The 43-year-old officer, who has 17 years of experience on the force, responded to a call about a car crash on Chicago's West Side on Wednesday morning. She encountered a 28-year-old man walking away from the scene of the crash. He attacked, slamming the female officer's head against the pavement until she lost consciousness, the Chicago Tribune reported.
"She thought she was going to die, and she knew that she should shoot this guy, but she chose not to," Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said Thursday at an event honoring police and firefighters. "She didn't want her family or the department to go through the scrutiny the next day on national news."
The suspect injured two other officers before he was subdued through the use of a Taser and pepper spray, the Tribune said. Johnson cited the story as an example how dangerous police work is.
"Because of the scrutiny going on nationwide, there [are] officers second-guessing themselves. That's what we don't want," he said. "We have to change the narrative of the law enforcement across this country."
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