His trying to drive away was the reason for the shooting.
A cop can be 30 feet BEHIND a fleeing car. But that still constitutes deadly force resistance.
So the laws allow the cops to open fire.
“A cop can be 30 feet BEHIND a fleeing car. But that still constitutes deadly force resistance.
So the laws allow the cops to open fire.”
I suspect the intent of such rules are to allow the cops to stop a threat to the population at large.
Like a guy on an on-ramp, about to bring a high-speed chase to the highway.
Or a maniac running down people in a moving van.