>>3 No, I think he's just reactive and fearful. When the man finally shows he had a wallet, the cop gets really apologetic really quickly.
What makes me pretty frustrated, though, is that the only reason the police officer is being charged is because it was caught on camera. If it were not, and the man had actually died, it would have gone down as "The man dove into his car to get what looked like a gun after the officer told him to step out of the car. He had no choice but to open fire."
Basically, it's looking like anything that gets filmed is obviously the cop's fault, but anything else not on tape can be explained away in favor of the officer. I used to hold a little more trust in the police force, but after hearing that cop say the guy 'dove headfirst into the car' when he was asked to get his license, then 'jumped back out' after the cop pulled his gun, I don't really have much anymore.
