[House Atreides]

“It should be easy enough to ascertain whether he shot through the windshield or not... yes?”
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Yes, he did fire the four shots through the windshild...BUT (and this is a big but” the forensics people need to determine the “angle” he shot the girl from. It appears to me (based upon limited information) that he shot from high up down angle somewhat at the girl as if HE HAD jumped onto the hood as one of the passengers apparently said.

In any case WTF is giving with the judgement (or actually lack thereof) of this latest batch of police/troopers. There was actually no need for him to kill this girl—unless he simply wanted to for the hell of it. HE DOES NOT HAVE EITHER THE TEMPERAMENT OR JUDGEMENT TO BE A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.

[A_perfect_lady]

Hm... yes... this might be an example of two people with very bad judgment colliding. She for trying to drive away from a police officer (never do this, folks) and he for flipping out and opening fire.

[Charles Martel]

There used to be a difference, in law-enforcement training, between suspects fleeing arrest and suspects attacking an officer. Now, it seems that a car speeding *away* from the cop is seen as a lethal threat to said officer. Well, a threat to the cop's sense of authority, anyway. Empty the magazine!

There are, of course, situations where the line is blurred. There was a parking-lot shooting last year or so, where shoplifters were approached by a police officer and ordered out of their car. The driver hit the throttle and started to back out of the parking space, scooping up the cop with the open driver's door. He shot the driver. IMO that was within the definition of "lethal threat". This one is not as clear.

[kitchen]

50 years of disability payments. With COLAs.