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Originally Posted by RainMaker
The Minnesota case looks really bad. There was absolutely no reason for the cop to panic in that situation. Also don't see why the guy in the car would go for his gun when he had no warrants and no criminal history. Plus he had his child in the backseat. The cops defense makes no sense.
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I agree, based on what we know. The circumstances tend to disprove any defense theory that the officer could have. It's no slam dunk with the burden on the state, but it'd be a worthy manslaughter-type case to take. I just hope Minnesota has statutes and pattern jury instruction that match the conduct better than my state's.