Road Rage

Full of fail all the way around (ex. why would you move toward another person brandishing a gun? Why not just drive away with your family?) Personally I'm waiting to see more facts over time. So far everything appears to be based on initial reports heavily slanted toward "the victim"..Who really cut off who to start with? Who escalated the road rage? It's quite possible that Walker was trying to get away/create distance and Harvey kept cutting him off (or vice-versa)? Did Walker exit his van with a gun, or retreat to his van and grab when threatened by Harvey? We shall see
 
If everybody decided that they don't own the road, and tried to always Allow room in front of their car to let somebody change lanes, their would be fewer problems.
Memphis TN.

Using a turn signal is polite, but real mean don't need turn signals.
 
No, mutual combat commenced when both drivers began to engage in vehicular jousting.
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I think your two descriptions - jousting & combat - sum and separate the two circumstances very well.
Swerving around and acting badly without any contact falls short of "combat" for me.

Regardless of any events leading up to it, Harvey approaching Walker on foot crossed the line into combat and it cost him his life.
 
"Approaching on foot" ??? With empty hands??? I sincerely hope no one here thinks that is justification for the use of deadly force. Most likely the victim's objective was to speak harshly to the other guy. Now, if the approach was to a group of Hell's Angels or LA street thugs, you might expect to get shot. The "Wild West" scenario is one the antis love to push, and you can bet they will be all over this one. And they're reading our posts.
 
"Approaching on foot" ??? With empty hands??? I sincerely hope no one here thinks that is justification for the use of deadly force.
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In a situation that's already been marred by aggression, a case could be made.

However, two important questions remain: could Walker have disengaged from the scene, and was he a party to escalation? The answer to both appears to be yes.
 
Seems like the newbe cop thought he could just shoot anyone, sad thing is he probably would of got away with it if he had been on duty
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At the end of this article it states Walker been with the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office for quite some time.

Definitely an unfortunate situation for all the families involved which will have to live with the consequences of this short heated indecent of rage.
 
At the end of this article it states Walker been with the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office for quite some time.
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I miss read the first article, I probably confused the "New Jersey Police Officer" with "New Police Officer".
 
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