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COP ASKS MAN FOR LICENSE, SHOOTS HIM WHEN HE GOES TO GET IT
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Usually people pull their license out of their wallet, they don't turn from the cop and go digging for it in their car seat.
I can understand how a cop in high alert mode could think he was going in his car to grab a gun.
Is the cop at fault in this scenario? Yeah, he was quick to judge but I feel the cop's action is within reason.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 3042112 As soon as I stop after seeing flashing lights, I pull out my license, and retrieve my registration and insurance from the oddly-named glove box. When the cop approaches my window, I have it in hand. Makes sense. Not to defend the officer, but the guy should not have reached back into the car, that's a big no-no -- he could have been reaching for a gun for all the officer knew. The cop would have been justified in shooting him right then, but not after it was obvious that he hadn't reached for a gun -- and not with his hands in the air. Good firing, but the criminal charges need to be dropped. "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." Samuel Adams
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