Table of Contents

• Introduction

• Table of Contents

• Narrative of Events

  • INTRODUCTION

  • WOODWARD ASKED FOR SANCTUARY

  • WOODWARD DID NOT THREATEN THE MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION

  • THE POLICE WERE CALLED

  • THE CONGREGATION TRIED TO HELP

  • THE POLICE ENTERED THE SANCTUARY

  • THE POLICE FAILED TO ASSESS THE SITUATION UPON ARRIVAL

  • WOODWARD PANICKED AS THREE OFFICERS CAME TOWARD HIM

  • ONE MINUTE FROM POLICE ENTRANCE TO THE FIRST SHOT

  • WOODWARD'S KNIFE WAS POINTED AT HIMSELF IN THE MOMENT BEFORE THE SHOOTING

  • WOODWARD WAS HANDCUFFED WHILE HE BLED

  • WOODWARD'S FINAL STATEMENTS

  • REPORTS FILLED OUT IN TANDEM AT BPD

  • AFTERWORD

• Final Shots

  SHOOTING EYEWITNESSES

  FORENSICS

• Analysis of Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell's Woodward Shooting Report

  • OVERVIEW

  • FAILURES OF DISCLOSURE

  • FLAWS OF THE INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS

  • GOALS OF THE REPORT

  • MISREPRESENTATIONS OF WOODWARD'S ACTIONS AND INTENTIONS

  • MISREPRESENTATIONS OF POLICE ACTIONS

  • MISREPRESENTATIONS OF EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS

  • UNSUPPORTED CONCLUSIONS

  • CONCLUSION

• The Need for Reform

• A Portrait of Woody

• APPENDIX 1: Chronology of Official Actions