Whether one can cut off a running man with a vehicle or not is not the problem.
The problem is that he was trying to do so.
By doing that, he became a participant.
As for the comment that none of the three charged actually did anything wrong.....
They were and are so stupid they should be locked up if for no other reason, to keep them separated from the general public. Absolute morons.
The black guy was without doubt a nut case, nothing but trouble. All the more reason that anyone with any brains whatsoever would leave dealing with him up to the real cops because any one with any sense would understand that a direct encounter would lead to violence.
And it did and the price to be paid for being so stupid will be huge.
No, the morons are those people who take the side of that violent thief over that of a law enforcement officer and other citizens bedeviled by this f***ing thief.
The thief was in the wrong. No one else did anything wrong. Thieves *SHOULD* be accosted in public for their thievery, and if guns are necessary, all the better.
The black guy was without doubt a nut case, nothing but trouble. All the more reason that anyone with any brains whatsoever would leave dealing with him up to the real cops because any one with any sense would understand that a direct encounter would lead to violence.
The guy leading the effort to stop this piece of sh*t was a "real cop." He had 35 Years as a law enforcement officer. He handled it exactly as a "real cop" would have handled it in similar circumstances.
The only difference between him and them is that their Union would have thrown a monkey wrench into any plans of charging an officer involved in a violent criminal's death.