[lee martell]

OH, Boy. Here we go again.
The video is very short.
Was he shot because he was ignoring police orders to put hands up? I don’t know the background just yet.

[al baby]

My first thought to was here we go again

[wardaddy]

Ignore orders

Get shot

Jeezuss

Really

[Rusty0604]

Doesn’t look good, but the devil is in the details.

[kingu]

I'm guessing that the officer pulled the trigger because the person he just attempted to tase opened the vehicle's door and tried to get inside, reach inside. I can see that in the officer's mind, this was a life threatening situation. I can also advocate that the officer be arrested and tried before his peers for making such an assessment in the absence of any apparent life threatening situation which is typically required for a justified shooting.

To me, this stinks of suicide by cop, because ANY sane person knows reaching into any object that hasn't been cleared of having weapons when an officer has a weapon pointed at you will almost always result in the officer pulling the trigger.

Worst that could happen is that the suspect gets out a gun and shoots the officers. The most likely scenario is that the suspect drives away. That could be seen as wielding a deadly weapon, but honestly, it could also be seen as the suspect wanting to diffuse the situation.

Me, the officer would have to have a very compelling story as to why that was a justified shooting or they'd better hope I wasn't anywhere near their jury pool.