Yeah, for sure. Glad he put that last round into the guy, wasn’t sure what his first shots hit but through or over the car, good shooting.
These cameras really remove a lot of doubt. When we have this kind of evidence the whole process should be shortened.
Hope the female officer has a full recovery. It looked to me like she did everything right, they guy was showing his empty hands, until he made a poor choice.
She was NOT doing everything right. She was doing things PC. She should have had her gun out already. She should have told him to exit the car facing the front of the car. These body and dash cameras are a GOOD thing for police officers. When they do not intend to do something that they would be comfortable with being recorded, the cameras are not on, though.
NOt a Cop, never been a Cop but it seemed to me she was way to close to him. She had neither the room or time to react. IMHO
“It looked to me like she did everything right, they guy was showing his empty hands, until he made a poor choice.”
It is a concern that she approached the car from the driver’s side. I haven’t been stopped for probably 20 years or more, but I do note that when the CHP makes a stop they always do two things: Stop their cruiser with the front wheels pointed toward the highway and approach the car from the passengers side. I am assuming that gives them a much better view of the driver and where his hands are. Having the driver able to hide a weapon until the door is opened seems like a bad situation.