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Most law enforcement experts who watched the video of Miami Police Officer Mauricio Delgado lying on the hood of a car and shooting a music festival-goer through the front windshield say the officer was within his rights if he felt his life or others were in danger.
But their observations come with a caveat: It’s unclear exactly what led to Delgado lying face down on the hood of Menelek Emmanuel Clarke’s black two-door BMW, the officer’s weapon almost pressed against the front windshield as the car crawled north on Biscayne Boulevard…