Cop mistakes cane for gun

[Great-Kazoo]

He would be charged with a few felonies. 1 being road rage. However to debate the what ifs of a civilian engaging another civilian , should be done in another thread.

Ultimately, Police Officers are civilians like the rest of us and used to be held to the same standard. If the shoot
is justified, it is justified whether or not a law enforcement officer fired it. What would have been the outcome
if a normal, non uniformed citizen had fired the shot?

That is not what he said. It is not about pulling him over. It is about the shooting and that is pertinent to this thread.

Well since you want to continue

IF a civilian was to do that he'd be arrested

Because the shooter or driver #1 has / had an opportunity to FLIGHT / leave the area instead of engage. You / your attorney explain to the investigators, then at trial why you pulled over in the middle of an altercation to engage the other party instead of LEAVING THE SCENE and contacting LE.

How was said shooting justified as a civilian?? It was not. NOW if you were pulled over changing a flat tire, looking at a map, walking your dog, Then attacked by someone. That would be different.

Oddly enough something similar was being discussed on Boyles show thurs morn. One of the instructors from BluCore? was on talking about the chase, where 3 car jackings happened. He was asked if once out of the car and the attacker was speeding away, Could the owner use deadly force to stop the car (once it was leaving). He said no, as the threat was moving away, no longer a threat (at that moment) to the former owner of the vehicle.