VMI77 wrote:
The other reason the "threat" scenario doesn't apply is obvious from the video. He very calmly walks toward the vehicle, draws, drops the guy, holsters, and calmly walks right up to it. He doesn't cautiously approach it. He doesn't know if the guy is even shot, or if he is, if he's inside wounded and reaching for a weapon, yet he doesn't show one bit of concern.
And he is calm throughout....you really think he accidentally shot someone and then calmly carried on....he doesn't react normally...he's not agitated or concerned in the least.
EXACTLY !! The officer looks like he's out for a Sunday stroll while all of this takes place. He didn't have his gun drawn approaching the vehicle on high alert...just calmly walking up past the woman's body...and he sure didn't look panicked as he drew his weapon and shot an unknown person, most likely injured, exiting a wrecked vehicle posing no visible threat. He then nonchalantly holsters his pistol and looks around then pulls it out again and aims it into the vehicle as he illuminates the man he shot, then calls it in saying the man he shot was reused to exit the vehicle, when it's clear that's exactly what he was doing when he was shot. At no time does he appear concerned about the man he just shot and I think after looking in the car and seeing him shot in the neck and not moving, he assumed he had killed him. This is the most blatant case of a bad shoot I've ever seen, and that officer should be arrested and charged.
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