would have lived after the chest wounds from 12 seconds to eight seconds, and still assuming wound 1 was made by the very last bullet fired during the 20 seconds of firing that excludes all of brelo s shots during the last 7.392 seconds, when he did the shooting that the state s expert considers not justified. as causes of wounds 8-13. i detail this timeline to illustrate the imprecision inherent in a medical examiner s opinions. i am not critical of dr. fela s qualifications and abilities. i believe no pathologist could say exactly when williams heart beat and breathing ceased. but opinions are just that. one person s conclusions about
and taken alone, would be fatal. also like 15-b after sustaining this injury russell could have remained alive for a couple minutes, maybe. according to the testimony and could have still operated a car. but unlike 15-b which came from the left 15-c came from the right and went left. in other words, the opposite direction to 15-b. brelo stands accused of illegally using deadly force against russell and williams. from the trunk of zone car 238 and the hood of the malibu. his final 15 cartridges were spent while on the malibu s hood. it took 7.392 seconds to fire all of those shots. and they all came from the same
a pro golfer s tee shot to fall and less time than it takes to read this sentence. four weeks was spent in trial examining those 7.392 seconds in every detail. and adversary at trial has proved over the centuries to be an effective way to find the truth. but if there is an ideal place to step into brelo s shoes, and view those less than eight seconds, and the 12 that came before them the way he did on the night of the shooting it is not the artificial environment of a courtroom. still, that is what the law requires. so i reject the claim that 12 seconds after the shooting began it was patently clear from the perspective of a reasonable police officer in brelo s position that the threat had
he had just rammed car 238. but his car was not so tightly wedged against 238 or blocked by 217, brelo s car, to keep him from continuing to use the car as a deadly weapon. the possibility that car 238 could have been pushed by the malibu to pin brelo to the ground was not imaginary. second up to three other officers were not convinced by then that the threat was over. because three other shots were fired during brelo s final volley of 15 during the last 7.392 seconds. third, sabolik, a reasonable police officer, praised by the prosecution as having moral strength and courage, expressed a belief at trial that the car s occupants still posed a threat during the last eight seconds.