[Popman]

the way I read it, the shot was fired in self defense while an attempted murder by vehicle was in progress

the crime here was attempted vehicular homicide by the black driver

Seriously ???

The guy had his head blown off seconds after he started the car...

Cop was on the drivers door, he wasn't tangled up in the door and was no where near getting hurt by the vehicle......

Looks to me he pulled his gun and forgot he had his finger on the trigger and over reacted...

[dragnet2]

A body camera video Deters played for reporters showed Tensing running after the slowly rolling car after the stop. Deters said Tensing was not dragged by the car, as the officer had reported. Asked about a second police officer who supported Tensing's report of the incident, Deters said his office was investigating that.

Mathews said there is a second video that will show more of the incident, according to Fox 19.

[ctdonath2]

Yes, it looks like the cop over-reacted.
Notice, though, that the gap between that and justified shooting is narrowing as details emerge.

Occurs to me the cop likely ran the plate before interviewing the driver, so he may have been aware of the 60-some arrests (!) the driver had. Easy to over-react when you’re a couple feet from a seriously repeating (with more offenses piling up as the stop & interview progresses) and he makes a furtive movement to escape; doesn’t justify the shooting, but sure explains it.