I have watched it several times. It was difficult to hear what was going on as the victim was not speaking clearly. But had I been the cop I would have certainly been on guard. He did not have a DL, he handed the cop a bottle of alcohol, he was being evasive but most of all, he was continually moving and reaching for items in the car. He reached under the seat to get the alcohol and I think the cop showed remarkable restraint at that point. I would think if the cop wanted to kill him, that would have been the moment.
I can’t say for sure if the man had a weapon or not, but I wasn’t able to see one in the video provided.
He was also very reachy and jumpy.
But I have to say that I can’t see any reason for him to be shot.
He reached for the bottle after the officer asked, "What's that bottle on the floor, there?" Hardly a furtive movement.
I observed several mistakes from this officer.
1) when making a stop and approaching the car, place hand on the car where it can be recorded. This “finger prints” the car with the officers finger prints and allows for later verification that was the car should the stop go bad.
2) When the driver failed to produce a drivers license, should have given the order to step out of the car and request backup.
3) Should have pushed the driver for a name and address. After receiving the name and address, gone back to the patrol car, ran the name and requested backup.
4) When the bottle was produced, should have ordered the driver to step out of the vehicle
There are others but those are the big ones.