One officer is seen standing at her door and repeatedly telling her to “get out of the car”.
    “For what?” she responds twice, adding: “I’m not going to do that.”
    One officer seen in front of the car has his left hand on the hood, his gun drawn in the other hand.
    “Are you going to shoot me?” she says moments before a single shot is fired and the officer quickly moves out of the car’s path.

    The cop who killed her was in no danger, and has time to casually stroll out of the way of the vehicle.

    What he doesn’t have is a name or a face — as often happens, the police haven’t been named, and their faces have been blurred in the video.

    Why?

If they weren’t cops — if they were just a pair of random dudes killing a black pregnant woman, and there was video footage — would their names remain secret, their faces blurred?

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    Maybe I’m crazy, but if someone seems intent on killing me and I’m in a car, I’m not going to be inclined to get out of the car to make it easier for them to kill me.

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      Then you need to reevaluate your logic when that gun is pointed at your head by someone who can lawfully use it on you without much fear of punishment

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        someone who can lawfully use it on you without much fear of punishment

        I think you might be missing the core issue here…