Just a simple traffic stop...

[Rookie]

The officer was amazingly calm on the radio! All that adrenaline, and he could still manage to be coherent. Impressive.

 

[numbaonecoltsfan]

Effectively taking the rifle out of the equation. In this instance, the suspect was using the rifle like a bat for some reason.

According to this article the rifle was unloaded.
Colorado police bodycam shows officer's split-second decision to shoot suspect armed with AR-15

Now even more people will say he didn't have to shoot him.

 

[Gluemanz28]

According to this article the rifle was unloaded.
Colorado police bodycam shows officer's split-second decision to shoot suspect armed with AR-15

Now even more people will say he didn't have to shoot him.

Loaded or unloaded has nothing to do with the idiot attacking anyone with a rifle.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

According to this article the rifle was unloaded.
Colorado police bodycam shows officer's split-second decision to shoot suspect armed with AR-15

Now even more people will say he didn't have to shoot him.

I know right! No one has ever died from being beaten with an inanimate object!

 

[Denny347]

Obviously, I don't have to tell you, but breaking the "step straight back" habit, in favor of the diagonal sidestep, is insanely difficult. In truth, I still can't reliably do it...and I've been taught it for years.

You are 100% right.

 

[Denny347]

According to this article the rifle was unloaded.
Colorado police bodycam shows officer's split-second decision to shoot suspect armed with AR-15

Now even more people will say he didn't have to shoot him.

There will always be the ignorant. An unloaded rifle being held like a club? WTH was the suspect trying to accomplish? other than getting shot?

 

[Bennettjh]

Dang! That's some quick shooting. Glad officer is ok.

 

[actaeon277]

to the officer.


to the idiot attacker.

 

[oldpink]

The clod with the rifle should count himself fortunate that he'll heal up from his wounds instead of pushing up daisies.
I dare say that most of us would have done a mag dump on him before he had even dropped the gun.

 

[T.Lex]

I wonder if the 2 of them were romantically involved.

 

[grunt soldier]

I would like to see the in car camera prior to the guy pulling over. I'm going to arm chair quarterback this for a second. The Officer did a passenger side approach. Which is awesome. I use it regularly and as you can see in the video most drivers aren't ready for.

Here is where I question his tactics though. The guy in the car is giving a ton of armed suspect indicators. He's moving in his seat. His body appears to be turned almost all the way around. He was waiting to ambush on the initial approach it looks like. The Officer appears to see it. Looks like he even did a double take and then started walking to the driver side. I would have stayed passenger side observing and asking for backup.

He did a damn good job getting his gun out and putting accurate shots on the threat but I still would have liked for him to be back up on his feet quicker looking for cover.

Again this happened in seconds and is easy for me to say while watching from my computer screen in no danger. The Officer responded and acted quickly. He made his decisions work for him and that's all that matters at the end of the day in a situation like this.

I also wonder if this was an interdiction stop.

 

[t-squared]

The truck was already pulled over on the roadside. The officer stopped to offer assistance.

 

[t-squared]

The truck was already pulled over on the shoulder. The cop stooped to offer assistance.

double post

 

[grunt soldier]

The truck was already pulled over on the roadside. The officer stopped to offer assistance.

That makes more sense then. I couldn't get the linked page to open and just watched the video.

I thought this was a traffic stop. That makes more sense why he was a little more at ease.