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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.

Agreed. Bad situations make for good object lessons.

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That video could be a gold mine for Walmart ~ and might even be a gold mine for the children in the car.

We'll need to follow up on this story in coming weeks to see what really happened ~ again, this is a case where the driver may have been commiting a felony but the cop shot a passenger. We've had several of those cases in this area in the last few years and the civil cases have gone forward and the cop gets ruined personally, as does his employer. The police force can defend itself quite easily by firing him now ~ although the cop will probably escape any sort of criminal penalty.

The Houston lawyers are already mulling this one over ~ the cop could be fired by tomorrow if they decide it's best to evade any liability over this. Walmart is going to hang onto the video as long as possible ~ they really can't avoid the liability questions.