an officer with the crisp county sheriff s department in georgia. in the predawn hours of february 2nd, 2006, everything is about to change. deputy rankin is following a driver who is blasting his car radio. i really thought he was a dui, i mean, with the loud music and the way he was kind of erratic driving, i figured he was a dui especially 2:00 in the morning coming from the city. with the police video camera on in the patrol car, the deputy walks up to the driver. all the windows are pretty tinted even with my lights and takedown lights on couldn t really see into the car too well. i leaned into the driver s side door to speak to him and i thought he would roll the window down like most people do, but he opened the door up. all i saw was the flash, the bang. and that was it. i never saw a gun. all i saw was a blast. i hit the ground. i thought i d died. as the officer laid bleeding, deputy ben bright is already on his way. i heard, like, we call it