Some of that info may be relevant to whether the shooting was justified. Or not.Keith B wrote:Here is another story http://www.fox6.com/news/local/story.as ... d&rss=tick. The DA is urging everyone to just sit back and let the investigation run its course.
In the article, it states the driver window was shattered on the off-duty officers car and his wife who is a San Diego dispatcher was with him. There are some interesting things about the woman listed in this article, including she was facing a pending drunk driving charge. She is claiming memory lapses of the event and was not happy about being forced to take a sobriety test when the off-duty officer didn't have to. She was also driving on a suspended license according to police.
Remember, when using force or deadly force, the reasonableness of one's actions are judged based upon what you knew at the time. I do not think the cop knew about the other person's DWI status, suspended license, etc. when he employed deadly force.
But on the other hand, a person with those types of traffic issues hanging over them may well have more general behavior problems that can create situations that other, more well behaved people, will avoid.
In my 57 years, no one, cop or private citizen, has wanted to shoot me - yet. Maybe it's because I'm a nice guy, hey?