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Office (Who Was Not Struck) Suffers Internal Bleeding.

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He didn't have a bodycam. He was holding his cell phone and recording. He reached out with the hand with the cell phone in it and that was on the vehicle. He was drawing his gun with his right hand.
If someone showed me that video with no back story and asked me to interpret it, I would say it's a video of someone getting struck by a vehicle.
 
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If someone showed me that video with no back story and asked me to interpret it, I would say it's a video of someone getting struck by a vehicle.
I agree. I thought that he'd been hit until I saw the synced videos showing that he wasn't. That doesn't make the first shot unjustified, though. There's no way to be in his head at the moment.
 
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I agree. I thought that he'd been hit until I saw the synced videos showing that he wasn't. That doesn't make the first shot unjustified, though. There's no way to be in his head at the moment.
That's ultimately the main factor. What was going though his head, and how much time he have to make a decision.
 
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That's ultimately the main factor. What was going though his head, and how much time he have to make a decision.
I believe somebody posted a section from ICE’s internal rules prohibiting firing into a moving vehicle. Assuming that’s accurate, then, at a minimum, he seemed perfectly willing to violate his training to lethal effect.
 
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I believe somebody posted a section from ICE’s internal rules prohibiting firing into a moving vehicle. Assuming that’s accurate, then, at a minimum, he seemed perfectly willing to violate his training to lethal effect.
Survival mode can be quite dominating. Especially when one only has a second or two to react.
 
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Survival mode can be quite dominating. Especially when one only has a second or two to react.

That's why the officer will (and should) never be charged. However there are rules intended to prevent them from getting into situations like that. One is not to stand in front of a car.

There appears to be no plausible excuse for shots after the first, but it still doesn't pass the very high bar for charging an officer.
 
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