If there hadn't been a video, what would have been the fate of this citizen?

[Liberal_in_LA]

The deputy was inside a McDonald's when he heard his car alarm go off. When he went outside, he realized his car had been hit.

He and the other driver agreed to exchange information, but the other driver didn’t want to alert police, prompting the deputy to pull his gun out and tell the driver he was a cop.

The other driver, in disbelief that the man was actually a law enforcement officer, got back in his car and took off.

As the car pulled away, the deputy fired several rounds at the other driver’s car.

The man was not struck, but his car was.

When investigators arrived, the deputy claimed he’d reached into the car while the driver was trying to flee and was dragged 15 feet before he started firing.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/08/los-angeles-county-sheriffs-deputy-shoots-driver-report.html

[CBGLuthier]

1. Glad he was fired. Now if they would just prosecute him for his crimes also

I would be happy. They never do though. Just fire them and they slink away and find some shitty town that hires them and they do it again.

[Make7]

2. Why would he pull out his gun to let the other driver know he was a cop?

Couldn't he have just told him? Or maybe show him his badge?

Weird...