[CaptainCrunch]

This whole thing is pretty damning and confusing. I've watched the video multiple times, and the victim was almost walking to get clear of the police who just arrived.

The cop jumped out of his car and basically started firing withing 5 or 6 seconds of arriving, so he had no idea what the up to date tactical situation was or the ROE.

Its pretty clear that the first couple of shots did the trick from the way he fell, then you saw multiple puffs of debris from the bullets striking the ground, I would assume after passing through his body.

The minute he started falling from the first few shots if there was a threat, but I didn't see it, but this guy fired 16 shots which is a full mag and then a reload and fire.

I can't get into the cops head, but the fact that he started firing at a guy who was taking a route around him within 5 seconds and kept firing and then reloaded and fired makes me think that he arrived on scene determined to kill this person.

Now the victim wasn't an angel, but at no point during the video was he a threat to the police. Now he was a threat when he attacked a police car and there could have been a justifiable shooting at that time.

I don't know how his lawyer can do anything but plea for a lower sentence in protective custody. But any court battle starts and ends with that video.