Rodney Harrison
Role at the time: Former chief of department, New York City Police Department, and former Suffolk County police commissioner, quoted by CNN as a policing expert
Statement summary
Former NYPD chief of department Rodney Harrison told CNN that, given what the video shows, nobody was at risk of serious physical injury or death and he did not think deadly physical force was needed.
“Was anybody at risk of serious physical injury or death? And the answer is no ... I don’t think there’s a need for deadly physical force in that situation.”
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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The reference point is the officer's decision to fire. Harrison says nobody was at risk of serious injury or death and that deadly force was not needed, which rejects the shot as unnecessary rather than only disputing how the encounter is described.