“Were you their? How do you know what is going through the cops mind? Do you have ESP??”
What was going on in the cop’s mind is immaterial. What matters is what a reasonable person would be justified in feeling. The guy did not dive into his car. He was asked for something and he turned and moved his upper body inside the car. He had showed no aggression. He did not come back out with a gun or knife. The guy did not do anything illegal or unusual. There was simply no reason for the cop to feel threatened.
Cops are not supposed to kill people just because. They need a REASON - a discernible threat. This cop had none.
Unlike the Zimmerman case, this cop was not getting beaten up. Unlike the Ferguson case, there is no reason to believe this guy had already attacked him and tried to get his gun. It was unprovoked.
Still goes back to the cops state of mind. We have no idea what triggered his reaction.
He made a poor choice indeed.