[null and void]

We do know that he was dragged far enough to strip his shoes off against the parking lot pavement.

If you are murdered by a driver in a Walmart parking lot, just how important will it be to your children to know whether she was dragging you to your death in [D] or [R]?

Would you only defend yourself if the car was in [R]?

If it was in [D] would you let her murder you?

[Theoria]

Three hoodrats aren't worth a good cop in the end.

I always say, should the actions that the LEO took be taught to fellow operators as a proper technique or shown in a class as a way not to do something.

As of now, the latter.