[Spktyr]

It would still be legal if they were a civilian in a similar circumstance in states with Stand Your Ground laws. Unfortunately the second the guy swept a hand to his waist, that was it - game over. While the whole rest of the episode was atrocious and his training officer *and* supervisor should also be fired, I unfortunately must agree with the jury that the shooting was technically legal.

[nonliberal]

Things will not improve unless a thug cop is executed for murdering a civilian like this. There is absolutely NO justification for this. He obeyed the command of the thug cop to crawl towards him. Once the thug cop orders him to do that, the cop puts himself in a bad situation.

All of this being said, if the thug cop had behaved like this and gotten himself shot, I would have little sympathy.