He almost ran over an officer at 9:18.
He almost ran over an officer at 9:18.
Yes, although it was probably accidental, in my state that then authorizes the officers to use deadly force in response. We have had several car thieves here bite the dust because they charged an officer with the vehicle while trying to get away.
What I can’t figure out is why the two officers exposed themselves out in the open when they knew other folks were in the car. I would have been worried about being shot by the other occupants of the car.
That officer stepped into his path as he was moving off the highway. No way to control that. Finicum avoided hitting the roadblock (whether he's trying to stop while avoiding hitting the roadblock, or attempting to go around it is in question), and the officer he almost hit would have been out of the vehicle's line of travel if he'd stayed put behind the cruiser.