Doesn’t seem clear cut to me. It didn’t look good and they should have taken him down physically before he got to the car, AND by going back to the car the guy created a situation that easily could have resulted in me or any other white guy getting shot. There’s a reason cops don’t let people go back to their vehicle. Usually when someone does they’re going back to get a weapon or to run you over, so once he got in the car it was almost inevitable that they would shoot him. Maybe the expectation should be that cops don’t shoot in that situation and they be held responsible for this, but it’s not hard to find video of where they don’t and it results in the cops being shot or run over. It’s not an easy call.
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