Re: Liability and politics
A quick glance at LAPD’s use-of-force policy:
SHOOTING AT A MOVING VEHICLE. Firearms shall not be discharged at a moving vehicle unless a person in the vehicle is immediately threatening the officer or another person with deadly force by means other than the vehicle. For the purposes of this Section, the moving vehicle itself shall not presumptively constitute a threat that justifies an officer's use of deadly force. An officer threatened by an oncoming vehicle shall move out of its path instead of discharging a firearm at it or any of its occupants.
I'm 90% certain this was justified. This guy is a CCW permit holder, probably NRA member, possibly a veteran, and maybe even a freeper. In other words, just like you and me.
But we all know some folks in the firearms realm who just ain't right and end up messing it up for all of us by giving the Brady bunch examples upon which to expand.
It looks like this dude's biggest mistake was confiding in his father.