Brian O'Hara

Absolutely.

And then the other one is, what exactly is the mission here?

Because if this person isn't the target of a preplanned enforcement action, then what are we doing?

Are we trying to de-escalate and try and resolve the situation?

Are we trying to take an enforcement action and enforce some law here?

Or what exactly is the goal?

Well, I can only speak to conducting the traffic stop from my perspective as a police officer.

What is our policy?

What is our training?

Number one, you approach the driver, you introduce yourself by rank, by name, by what agency you work for, and you tell the person, explain why the person is being stopped.

You do these sorts of things to try and ensure, number one, to identify yourself, but to try and ensure that

a level of professionalism and to try and deescalate.

If the person asks you a question that's reasonable, you respond to it reasonably.

That is the expectation.

My recollection is that there was not... I didn't see any of that.

And further, it just seems like there's confusion.

And I don't know, just from what I recall, but it seems like someone else is saying to get out of the car than the officer who shot.

And it's not clear to me whether...

The two of them were working together and understood what each other was trying to accomplish.

Yes, absolutely.