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Because I don’t see an option for her to attempt to clear him any stronger than full steering wheel left/counterclockwise in reverse and full steering wheel right/clockwise before accelerating. The video also shows the front of the car swinging sharply left from the officer’s view before the image blurs, as opposed to a head-on maneuver, which is what I’d associate with intentionally trying to harm him.
Of course, her safest action would have been to park and comply by exiting the vehicle. But we’re not talking about best vs. worst. We’re talking about attempting to flee recklessly vs. intentionally trying to harm. And the video looks like it strongly supports an attempt to flee unless you can explain how a person attempting to flee up the street would have rapidly turned the wheel in a manner different from the way she did.