Traffic stop goes from nothing to shooting in the blink of an eye

**thepatriot2705** · 03-22-21, 14:06

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wlw...spect/35890201

In the video player above, officers are seen making a split-second decision. Two officers fired their weapons after a man drew his gun during a traffic stop.

Body cam in top of article

**dwhitehorne** · 03-22-21, 14:42

Interesting to see the guy's facial expressions and body movement. Seemed kind of matter of fact to me. David

**utahjeepr** · 03-22-21, 15:06

This is a good example of how quickly one needs to make a decision in an officer involved (or self defense) shoot/don't shoot scenario.

Often people/media analyze and question these decisions as though the shooter had all the time in the world to weigh every possible option.

Unlike the other recent thread where the lady cucks the cop along for like 6 months before she finally decides she might as well shoot him too.

**thepatriot2705** · 03-22-21, 16:09

https://youtu.be/ha5AHSPps18

More complete dash cam.

Asked to step out around 5:30. Shots fired around 6:00 in.

**Firefly** · 03-22-21, 16:17

Too much foreplay. Extract and secure. I could see the man getting in his zone while Officer was doing the disingenuous “hey buddy I’m your buddy, buddy. It’s all good buddy. Not saying you’re bad, buddy but you seem nervous, buddy” BS. He had five minutes to deliberate and decide his fate.

Bah

**arptsprt** · 03-22-21, 16:42

I’m not being critical, just an observation... Gun safety rule #4 - know your target and what’s behind it... it appears the potential for rounds to have gone downrange toward the interstate traffic was a possibility. Clearly he was running around the vehicle for cover which makes total sense. If he moved straight back he would have been exposed with no cover and probably hit by the passing semi traveling 80 mph. Yikes.

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**thepatriot2705** · 03-22-21, 16:51

Originally Posted by arptsprt

I’m not being critical, just an observation... Gun safety rule #4 - know your target and what’s behind it... it appears the potential for rounds to have gone downrange toward the interstate traffic was a possibility. Clearly he was running around the vehicle for cover which makes total sense. If he moved straight back he would have been exposed with no cover and probably hit by the passing semi traveling 80 mph. Yikes.

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Just more reason to move over for lights...

**utahjeepr** · 03-22-21, 17:00

Originally Posted by Firefly

Too much foreplay. Extract and secure. I could see the man getting in his zone while Officer was doing the disingenuous “hey buddy I’m your buddy, buddy. It’s all good buddy. Not saying you’re bad, buddy but you seem nervous, buddy” BS. He had five minutes to deliberate and decide his fate.

Bah

I saw a point in the 2nd vid where I definitely thought I saw the "Hadji's gonna spook" moment. Just before the cop asks about a search. I don't know if it is just cause I already knew he was gonna shoot or if it is really that universal. It's like he talked about the bust for a gun in CMV. Then he stumbles for a bit. Then the "F it" look. Like I said though, I could be reading into it cause I know it's a shooting already.