He had a car. Not unarmed.
I hope this officer gets the quality of legal defense the Cleveland officers did.
I have a car. Can they shoot me just because I drive away from a traffic stop?
So anytime a police officer shoots a man in a car he is justified?
A car can be used as a weapon, but he was not using the car as a weapon at the time he was shot.
This case boils down to one piece of old wisdom for me.
Don’t pull out your gun unless you intend to shoot.
There was no reason that I can see from that video for the cop to draw his weapon.
A gun is not a negotiating tool.
I have seen other incidents of drivers attempting to flee where the police taser them in their cars, but they don’t shoot them in the head with a pistol.
I still tend to think that the shot was an accidental discharge. But the man is dead as a result, and the cop is going to have to answer for that round he fired, he is responsible for it.
And as I understand it, there is no distinction in Ohio regarding murder charges, so the cop is in trouble to be sure.
Um, so every time a police officer sees a citizen driving a car they can say that they are 'in fear for their life' and they can shoot the driver in self defense? Izzat right?
He had a car. Not unarmed.
I'm wearing a belt. I guess I'm not "unarmed" either.