Wrong. The police academies throughout the nation pound this in recruits heads. If your Taser is taken away from you by a suspect or if the suspect has a personal Taser you may use DEADLY FORCE on the suspect.
Personally I think this cop is slime and committed cold blooded murder because he was pissed. Without a video he would have gotten off without a doubt. They will convict him of something, but he might have legal wiggle room.
no. that directive cannot be in force forever. for example, if the suspect S takes away officer O’s taser in 2015, drops the taser, gets away, and then O meets S 30 years later by chance, the directive to use deadly force is not a procedural option available for use by O.
this is because the imminent threat no longer exists.
your example is imho typical of cop-think.
that is, apply force (including deadly force) regardless of whether it makes any sense.
are you a cop?
and if you are a cop, you have made my point (thanks) that cop training is seriously flawed.