On Friday’s broadcast of CNN International’s “The Brief,” CNN senior correspondent Josh Campbell discussed video of the shooting in Minneapolis and said that although officers are trained not to step in front of vehicles, “It appears, from other vantage points, that he was potentially hit by that car, and so, under the policy, an agent can articulate, I felt my life was in danger, I fired. But based on the angle he was at, But the big questions are, were there any other options, could he have jumped out? That’s a big question.
Campbell said,[H]He puts himself in front of that vehicle, and I will tell you, law enforcement officers are essentially trained not to put themselves in that situation. This training takes place from coast to coast in this country. But the moment she turns the wheel and starts moving, it appears from other vantage points, that she was probably hit by that car, and so, under policy, an agent might explain, I felt my life was in danger, I fired. But based on the angle he was at, there are bigger questions, were there other options, could he have gotten out of the way? This is a great question.”
He added, “Every agent and officer in this country, when they fire, they are accountable for every single round, they have to know what’s beyond that target. In this case, what we’re learning here is that the agent raised the gun, opened fire, fired in the direction of those bystanders. Thankfully, no one else was hit.”
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