[Kit cat]

MICHAEL BROWN WAS ROBBERY PERP!!!!!! Pictured in robbery
video HE WAS THE PERP!!!!! Tried to disarm officer punched officer
in the face trying to get his weapon!!!!

[USNBandit]

The police department said this struggle took place in the officer's car. It sounds like in the front seat of the car. They are also saying the fatal shot was fired inside the police car.

The current legal expectation is that every shot a police officer fires is evaluated on its own against the expectations of Garner vs. Tennessee. A shot fired during a struggle inside a police car is probably going to be justified. If the suspect then is fleeing and is shot again then the police officer will have to justify to the legal system that those shots were necessary. Shots on a fleeing suspect, armed or unarmed, would have to be with the expectation that the suspect would be expected to commit further crimes that would either result is death or serious injury to the public.

Is an attack on a police officer sufficient to justify that? I don't know. Maybe if you include a known background of violent crime. It isn't a clear cut case. This isn't just a case of a cop getting mad for taking a beating. And it sure isn't close to the story told by the family or his friend.