[Bartholomew Roberts]

The real issue is the fact that the officer jumped up onto the hood to detain the car and opened fire within seconds.

Was there even enough time for a 19 year old to get off the gas after he jumped up on the hood before he opened fire?

[Charles Martel]

From the cop's position and car's direction of travel, I find it hard to believe that he could have ended up on the hood unless he jumped there. Looks like *if* the car touched him at all, it would've just shoved him away to the driver's left.

But, I suppose he knew that bullet holes in the side window look more suspicious.

[coloradan]

I have started to think that a primary objective of law enforcement operations is to so suddenly place oneself into lethal force situations that the intended victim has little-to-no opportunity to react and defuse the situation, ergo, justifying the cops use of lethal force. In other words, morphing into a “justifiable” yet pre-planned way to get away with murder.

For example, break into someone’s house at 3AM and kick down their door. If you see *anything* either dark or shiny in their hands, or if you can’t see their hands, shoot them in their beds. They were either “possibly holding a gun” or “refused to show their hands.” So you kill them. Many would reach for flashlights, or have their hands under the covers. Boom! Dead. “Good shoot.” “Followed [carefully-crafted] policy.”