Exiting a vehicle suddenly and lunging at an officer are very differently things. One of which clearly suggests the passenger was lunging to attack the officer the other that the suspect quickly exited the vehicle.
Begs the question, did you see the suspect lung at the officer?
He sprung at the officer.
“...Begs the question, did you see the suspect lung at the officer?”
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Well, at least to me (stemming from my fencing days), a lunge requires going forward with your “lead” leg. I would describe the passenger’s actions as (after being told 8 times in less than a minute and many, many times [I didn’t count them] to not reach and to ‘show me your hands’) suddenly lurching or springing from the car.
As I said before, if I had been the cop, i may well have fired also.