Do you folks even read what you write? Rent-a-cop shoots the guy, for no apparent reason, and your concern is that he "put his hand on the car door" in a way that he COULD "shove the door open very fast & hard."
Cop has turned himself in to authorities.
I'm waiting until I hear/see some actual evidence one way or the other before I can even think about coming up with a conclusion. I guess you've taken a bit of a short cut in that process.
Yes, I do read what I write.
The situation was set up for the real potential for rapid violence.
Driver was pulled over for “no front plate” - the kind of inane excuse commonly used by police to further investigate reasonably suspicious but not having probable cause.
Driver handed over a bottle of gin from the front seat. This reveals possible violations from “open container” to drunk driving. Tension mounts for both driver & cop.
Driver casually places hand on door in possible preparation of shoving it open to knock over cop, allowing driver to either flee the vehicle or flee in the vehicle. Tension mounts for cop (if he made this connection), the action being either entirely benign & normal or showing preparation for violence.
At this point, the video goes from stable showing a peaceful scene to extremely chaotic, shot fired, cop racing away from the vehicle.
SOMETHING set the cop off.
SOMETHING caused him to VERY rapidly draw & fire.
Yes, the last clear moment (now we await raw footage so we can further examine frame-by-frame) shows the driver COULD shove the door open very fast & hard.
A moment later something ensues which is entirely consistent with the driver doing exactly that. Whether it did, we’re still not sure - but it’s the only sane explanation I see so far.
Even one of the speakers stated “I don’t think the officer woke up and decided he would kill someone that day.”
Yes, I’m concerned with that “COULD”.
Yes, I read what I wrote. And I hit “Post”.