> but if the cops thought this suspect was serious enough to draw on him, they could not allow him to reach in or enter that vehicle <
That is another good point. The few things I’ve read about this incident say the guy was just trying to break up a fight. But nothing was said as to WHY the cops had their weapons drawn on him.
Maybe the cops had a good reason for doing that. Maybe the guy yelled that he was going to get his gun. If so, the cops had better release that info immediately.
I don’t think they cops would have reacted the way they did if the suspect merely broken up a neighborhood fight.
And if that were the case, why in tarnation would this guy act the way he did while at gun point?