Corey says the SUV took sideswipe damage but did not ram its way out
Former chief of department, New York City Police Department, quoted by CNN as a policing expert
“He takes a little sideswipe damage, but he doesn’t ram his way out of that, by any means. ... If you’re saying that the officers are firing because the car was trying to run them over, then they’d be firing at the car as it was heading towards them, not speeding away from them”
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CNN analyzes the Harrisburg stop using surveillance video obtained by its affiliate WGAL and interviews former NYPD chiefs Kenneth Corey and Rodney Harrison. It also reports the DHS use-of-force policy on deadly force and moving vehicles.
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CNN reported on the Harrisburg stop using surveillance video obtained by its affiliate WGAL and asked policing experts to assess the tactics.
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Corey also said the officers missed opportunities to conduct the stop more safely and that blocking a vehicle's path from the front, as in the Harrisburg stop, puts officers in a poor tactical position.
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Responding to: ICE said Clemente Lara-Hernandez weaponized his car and rammed an ICE law enforcement vehicle during a targeted vehicle stop, and that an ICE officer discharged his weapon during the incident.
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The reference point is the officer's decision to fire. Corey disputes the description of the SUV as ramming and says the timing of the shot does not fit that account. CNN reported that he added it was unclear what the people in the vehicle were doing, and he does not say outright that the shot was unjustified, so challenging the characterization is the narrower label.
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