It looks like a shoe to me.RoyGBiv wrote:I'll agree with you on everything except that bit... I didn't see anything conclusive in the video. Maybe there's a clearer video I haven't seen yet?? If the guy reached in through the window (hard to tell in the video I've seen) after being told repeatedly to stop moving, then it was his own fault he got shot. And what was lying on the ground next to his right foot after he went down? Gun? Shoe? Looks like that drivers window is open (no glare).The Annoyed Man wrote:and the video seems to make it pretty clear that the shooting was unjustified.
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I'm not going to rush to judgment until more comes to light on this one. The second link you provided looks as if the window is up, not down (appears to be the blood smear begins near top of window, & continues down the door). However, it very well could be that the officer 'percieved' that it was down & he was reaching towards it. The Force Science Institute has done lots of testing to demonstrate the degradation of the senses under stress, & based on how erratic his actions were leading up to this (commenting that the vehicle was 'going to blow '; hands in his pocket, then up in the air, then back in his pocket before up in the air again; ignoring commands while walking around the vehicle) I'd imagine it was a pretty surreal experience.
Also, keep in mind that she'll be judged in the end on what a reasonable officer under the same circumstances & experience would have/would not have perceived as a threat, not what perfect 20/20 hindsight showed looking back.