You are correct on both points here. To be honest, I'm not too hot on plainclothes police. I think a policeman should be in uniform, period.
"Not the least of which was putting 5 bullets in an innocent man's back."
...yes and if he would have blown up the underground train, the useful idiots would have said the police were negligent for not shooting him prior to setting off the explosive belt underneath is coat he work in the summer.
...better yet, whey was he not detained outside of the apartment complex...oh yeah, he ran.