officer mark dowell was in the passenger seat.this preliminary hearing, officer morris testified that he was afraid for his life and his partner's life at the moment when they got out of the car. and he said that he shouted to his partner, officer mark dowell, that there was a knife. that is what he testified, then helayed that video that we've seen, you could hear him also shouting that there was, quote, an effing gun there as well. that is why the attorneys brought up why officer dowell fired his weapons. and the other piece of evidence that came up in the preliminary hearing, the defense attorney and prosecution, she showed us a picture of the knife that he was accused of having, and defense attorneys argued that knife looked a lot like a gun. the judge said she agreed 100% with the attorneys in the case this was not a situation of murder even though the district attorney said we want even justice for all. even though officer dial walked with a gun in his hand. again, the judge disagreed with the prosecution. a lot of emotion i