According to what I read in the link, it appears as though the cops had no legitimate reason to even detain the guy. Having an argument is not a crime. They also found no gun, so the cops' excuse was bullshit. In essence, according to that article, the cops were in plain clothing and threatened Bell with deadly force, even though Bell had not done anything illegal. What do you think would happen if a guy who is not a cop took out a gun and threatened a cop in his cop car? Then, when the cop moved his car, the regular citizen fired and killed the cop even though the cop was unarmed? I would say it would be manslaughter at best. It anything, moving the car, even with proven intent to kill the gunman, would be self-defense.

Cops are not above the law. They should not be treated as a special class of citizens.

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