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In reply to the discussion: Spoke on background with two attorneys who have defended officer involved shootings. (X and text) [View all]ScratchCat
(2,691 posts)Re-watch the video and time it out.
It appears that approx. 4 seconds elapse from the time the agent exits the Nissan Truck until he is grabbing at her door and then trying to grab into the vehicle. He's moving quickly in an aggressive manor.
It appears that approx. 3-4 additional seconds elapse before the officer who came from the SUV opens fire.
So in the course of 7 to 8 seconds, three ICE agents turn a situation of a car stopped in a road into a homicide. Seven seconds, folks.
I watched numerous LEO experts last night and one even read from the DHS manual and everything the agents did was against their training and requirements. You can't open a door; You can't reach into the window; you can't place yourself in front of the vehicle to justify deadly force; you can't shoot at a fleeing vehicle unless the perp is a "fleeing felon" and there is a clear threat to the community. She was stopped in the road. It doesn't matter why. They had no reason to approach the vehicle in that manner.
Further, every State in the union has laws against obstructing medical and fire personnel. Its a crime. In every State. Refusing the plain clothes man who was saying he was a doctor is one thing. Refusing to move their vehicles so that the EMT's could get to the woman is likely a violation of State law.