[jjsheridan5]

He scuffled with the officer. The cop probably lost it in the intense situation and fired on a fleeing/surrendering suspect.

There is no evidence to back up that assertion. It is much more likely, applying common sense and the limited amount of evidence, that the Gentle Giant rushed at the cop, and the cop did the only thing he could to have a chance of seeing another day.

Your assertion that the cop "lost it", is very unlikely, and has no backing. Your assertion that he fired on a fleeing or surrendering suspect goes against the one piece of hard evidence we now have, in addition to going against common sense.

Sometimes, in fact usually, it is wrong to split the difference between two stories and assume the truth lies somewhere in the middle. In this case, the witnesses are probably lying, or embellishing, or simply fabricating the whole thing from rumors. And in all likelihood, the officer's version of events will essentially be a comprehensive and fully accurate transcript of what actually happened.

[kvanbrunt2]

i agree with your assessment. also, can michael reaching in the car for the officers gun and the officer pushing him back out of the car, look a lot like the officer is trying to pull michael into the car. No one in their right mind would pull a 300 lb anything into the window of their car. you are asking to get beat up.