Fleeing in a vehicle is a felony and would be the justification for a stop

 

I agree it is but he also needs a reason to stop her. Suspicion of DUI?

Is fleeing in a vehicle with no threat of harm to the officer justification for firing a weapon?

 

If they struck him resulting in injury and him feeling his life is more endangered then yes. The gun still being in the holster when they leave the screen speaks volumes to me. Based on his movement it looks like he's attempting to get in front of her and then she flees. Was it the best tactical move? Probably not. Also doesn't excuse running over his ankle and continuing to flee. Some bad decisions by both sides but 1 side set the whole thing in motion by trying to flee

I agree it is but he also needs a reason to stop her. Suspicion of DUI?

 

Terry stop possibly. I think someone posted all those young adults were trespassing.

She was about to run over him. He could have fallen to the ground and let her run over him and probably kill him or try to jump on the hood and survive.

 

Might want to watch the video buddy!

Two options when a moving car is coming at you quickly - you go under it ie you die or you jump on the hood to avoid option 1.

 

Why would an officer CHOOSE to jump on the hood of a car if he didn't need to?

 

 

Hmm why would he? Trying to be super cop I guess?

I feel very bad for this girls family and her mom. I can only hope they overcome this one day prayers to the family.

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Hmm why would he? Trying to be super cop I guess?

 

Classy

So let's say he did jump on front of her car, and she tries to take off. If he then shoots her, because he is in danger, is that wrong?

 

What if he had let her go and she kills someone as she is fleeing?

Would he have not been held responsible?

 

A party on a dark road. A single officer has seconds to assess and contain the situation. Very tough job, and so easy to judge by hindsight.

 

 

As somebody said earlier, if they had all done as the police requested, we would have nothing to talk about.

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I don't think police are taught to jump on cars though. She didn't rob a bank or kill anyone she was just operating a vehicle when he said to stop. Very tough to use deadly force in this case.

So let's say he did jump on front of her car, and she tries to take off. If he then shoots her, because he is in danger, is that wrong?

 

What if he had let her go and she kills someone as she is fleeing?

Would he have not been held responsible?

 

A party on a dark road. A single officer has seconds to assess and contain the situation. Very tough job, and so easy to judge by hindsight.

 

 

As somebody said earlier, if they had all done as the police requested, we would have nothing to talk about.

 

 

Let me answer your "what if..." question. There is no justification for shooting a drunk driver in a rural area if no lives are in immediate danger and that's even more true when you have no idea if the driver is drunk.

It is a tough job. That's why they go through extensive training. We should and do often give officers the benefit of the doubt.

 

However, it's THE position that has to accept the most scrutiny.

Here is a link to the video:

 

Sheriff releases dash cam video of officer-involved shooting | Local News - WLWT Home

 

I agree with everyone else who has posted so far - this video is bad for the police officer. Car traveling at a very slow rate of speed. Officer off to the side of the car and then walks toward the driver side of the car to try and get her to stop. Nothing on the video helps the officer IMO.

 

The only thing I would add is the fact that you do see the car accelerate right after it looks like she is about to stop but changes her mind. You can see the car accelerate right before it goes out if frame.

The big thing for me was his gun still wasn't out when they left the screen. I don't think the video is damming at all. You clearly see he's making way to the front of the car and then she accelerates.

The video does not look good for the officer, but there is so much we do not know. It is clear in the video, he asked her to stop. She saw him and did not stop. He was not in front of the car. She ignores him and continues driving, I wouldn't say fast, but she wasn't slowing down. I can sit here and speculate all day which would do disservice to both. If he did get in front of the car, then she slowed down, that seems the only way he was going to be hit by her. Now we do not know if there was another car coming, but you couldn't see those headlights in the video.

 

He could have been 100% justified for his actions or 100% wrong. I am not a police officer and never have been. I do respect immensely what they have to do. Who knows how we would react in that situation? I assume he has been trained appropriately and would react to the training he had. Did that training include what to do in these types of situations? That is going to be big in this investigation IMO.

 

I feel really badly for all involved.