[Mariner]

Dead guys was unarmed. Not sure the Tueller Drill applies, and it going to be VERY difficult to show imminent threat when the dead guy was once in, or nearly in the car, but died 35ft away.

Unless there a blood trail from the car to the point of collapse AND all the brass is within about 6ft of the car.

[manc]

Was the cop much smaller?
Did the cop feel threatened?

Obviously he did for what he did and being 35 ft away , well that;s nothing as he could have easily slumbered that far

[castlebrew]

The cop had his face mashed up when thug reached in (from the reports I’ve seen), and how does the cop know whether the thug is armed with anything else, short of a body search?

Even then, the thug’s physical size would present a disparity of force for a goodly portion of the population.

If 21 feet/1.5 seconds is the standard, the 35 feet = ~2 seconds. Minus 3/4 second to react, after realizing he’s coming back at you. So ~ 1 second to get back in the car and roll up the window.

For the average civilian, maybe that’s a prudent, if non-feasible course of action. Not sure you or I would want cops routinely retreating like that.

Tueller drill always applies.