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If I where the officer in front of a reving car my instinct would be to move out of the way, not pull my gun and fire at the driver.
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Police were shouting contradictory instructions at her, including to move her car. Her car had hardly starting to move when the cop walked around the front of the car and leaned in the window to shoot her in the face. Her corpse’s foot was on the gas, so the car then accelerated, crashing further down the road. That cop looks like a murderer to me from the footage. Hopefully, he will face accountability in a fair tri…
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You are wrong on several points. It is policy not to shoot a car like that even if it is driving at the officer (which this vehicle was not doing and can clearly be seen from multiple camera angles). Shooting the driver will not stop the car, it will just kill the driver.
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If I where the officer in front of a reving car my instinct would be to move out of the way, not pull my gun and fire at the driver.
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Minnesota is a duty to retreat state (in public).
Some animals are more equal than others.
Use of gun should be the last resort. Can you imagine to shoot somebody like that?
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It's surely "last resort" just as it's "last resort" for me to pull out a gun as a "last resort" in a fight I caused.
Either he is severely mentally incapable or he was looking for a reason to murder someone. The good ol' shoulder bump in the dancefloor.
What's crazier is that a clear swerve to drive away is being sold as an attack, and worse, it justifying 4 point blank shots to the face.
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An officer yes, the person you're replying to, no. Minnesota is a duty to retreat state (in public). Some animals are more equal than others.
IANAL but I imagine that does not apply to traffic stop.
Presumably a traffic stop is always performed by an officer.