I'm not trying to justify this, just saying that there is more to this story than was printed.
If this Federal LEO shot this person w/o proper justification, he should be hung by his b@lls. I want to hear the whole story.
So do I and so do I. Good cops out there all over the place trying to do their jobs are the ones who pay when a hothead does something like this, and my gut tells me that's exactly what we have here.
I think the comments attributed to the LEO bear that out: the "you just hit a federal officer" spiel, the refusal to produce ID, etc. Bet a buck the bottom line is that the USM decided to take things into his own hands and then exploded in fury when the kid refused to obey him and drove off. If it was simply traffic-related--and there's nothing to indicate that's not the genesis--the USM should've dialed 911, reported it, and waited for the police to arrive.
MM