The carjacking, the screwdriver, the dangerous driving, etc, are “after-the-fact facts,” woven into the narrative to make the cop’s actions seem more reasonable.

According to the article, Officer Buchanan was off-duty, driving his own vehicle, so he would’ve known none of the above.

Buchanan was on his way to work about 6:45 a.m. that morning when he saw Burgess, 27, crash a pickup truck on a nearby lawn and take off running.

That’s all he knew, as this cop shot and killed a man, over a hit-and-run wreck with no known injuries. The sheriff thinks that’s heroic. Sounds like you think so, too.

In my opinion, crashing a pickup truck on someone’s lawn and then running off is rotten and irresponsible, but it doesn’t merit being shot and killed.