Video shows cop shoot without warning at man firing into air

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201. Does the article say that the officer did not fear for the lives of those around him?

The officer almost certainly did say that he feared for his own life. That is more than enough to justify this shooting, but I'll bet dollars to donuts that he also said he was in fear for the lives of those in the area.

Your comparison to the Mohammed Noor case is curious. The victim in that case was not firing a weapon and was not creating an imminent danger of death or serious injury.

Are you trying to say that the police officer responding to a shots fired call, who then encounters someone rapidly and indiscriminately firing a rifle is the same as, and I'm quoting you, "humps and loud noises?"

And I'm going to have to disagree with your assessment that this case will go to trial if the officer doesn't plea out. My assessment is that this case will never result in criminal charges in the first place, thus it will not go to trial and not result in any sort of plea. It's possible that the suspect's family will file a civil suit against the city and it's possible the city will settle that suit if they determine it is in the taxpayer's best interests to do so, but I'll say there is zero chance that they will admit any wrongdoing if they settle. Most likely the civil suit will be thrown out and there will not be a settlement.