On Friday’s broadcast of CNN International’s “The Brief,” CNN senior correspondent Josh Campbell discussed the video of the Minneapolis shooting, saying that while officers are trained not to step in front of vehicles, “it appears, from other points of view, that he was probably hit by that car and therefore, under policy, an officer can articulate: I felt my life was in danger, I opened fire. But there are big questions based on the angle he was at: Were there other “Could I have jumped out of the way? That’s a great question.”
Campbell said: “[H]You get in front of that vehicle and, I’ll tell you, law enforcement officers are trained, essentially, not to put themselves in that situation. That’s training that happens from coast to coast in this country. But at the moment when she turns the wheel and starts to move forward, it appears, from other points of view, that she was probably hit by that car, so, according to the policy, an officer can articulate: I felt my life was in danger, I opened fire. But there are big questions based on the angle he was at: If there were other options, could he have gotten out of the way? That’s a great question.”
He added: “All agents and officers in this country, when they open fire, are responsible for every shot, they have to know what is beyond that target. We are learning here, in this case, that the agent took weapons, opened fire and shot in the direction of those bystanders. Fortunately, no one else was hurt.”
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