Assuming the cop had his eye on the runner, yes. We see what the dash cam recorded, but we really don’t know where Commin’s focus was at that instant. There’s no way to know.
That’s a good point, one that didn’t occur to me.
That plays another way too though. In your field of vision, you are not seeing what’s directly in your path. He’s following another squad car around that bend, so he was more than likely focused there. Then these two come out of that direct field of vision.
Even peripheral vision should have alerted this guy to the danger.
As you intimate, this could be explained away I guess. I would be interested in the explanation.