All is hunky dory until he starts running beside her car shooting at her. That is what I have a problem with.
He wasn’t shooting at her as she backed toward him. he shot at her as she drove away.
Should we start shooting everyone who drives with excessive speed?
The LE had witnessed both her felony reckless driving and her attempt to run him over which is a violent felony. She had been driving at speeds up 89 MPH in 25 MPH residential areas. She was a very real and immediate threat to the life and welfare of everyone in her path.
How many of those people was he supposed to allow her to injure, mangle, or kill before he stopped her from doing more damage? That there was no one on the streets for as far and as long as this chase lasted was just pure good luck. It would not have gone on much longer.
“Should we start shooting everyone who drives with excessive speed?”
Meh, if someone just nearly killed me, and I think it was intentional, I’m shooting to kill them. I don’t care if they try to run, because I have no guarantee they won’t just throw it back in reverse and come back at me. So, I’d give the cop a pass on this one.