Most law enforcement training instructs officers not to position themselves in front of running vehicles. This is why when you are pulled over, the cop doesn't stand in front of your car to keep you there.
DHS policy explicitly states that officers should not intentionally place themselves in positions in which they have no alternative to using deadly force. The video reflects this officer's deliberate choice to move to his right as the vehicle reversed but not quite enough to get out of the way. He had time to continue getting out of the way but chose to stay there and draw his weapon instead. This is contrary to his own agency's policy.
Furthermore, DOJ use of force policy explicitly instructs that firing a gun at a moving vehicle should not occur unless there is imminent risk of serious bodily injury or death, AND no other objectively reasonable means of defense appear to exist, "which includes moving out of the path of the vehicle."
I realize these situations unfold in a manner of seconds and that some jurors might see this as an edge case like Rittenhouse's. But just like with Killer Kyle, this officer appears to be abusing self-defense rules to create an edge case and get away with murder.
This is an interesting take and it's one I agree with:
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#128 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER
The take is, "if you say ICE is bad they will stand in front of your car and kill you." What do you find so appealing about that?