You are asking officers to do the impossible. They contact the guy, all is peaceful until they have to arrest him. Then the cops are fighting for their lives with a powerful man who is trying to take their weapons and kill them.
He gets a weapon (the cop who shot might not have known in the confusion whether it’s a taser or a gun) and fires it at the officer, then starts to turn.
The officer has to decide now or perhaps die, shoot or don’t shoot.
And he’s “over the top” if he shoots?
My a$$.
You left out the part where he turns and runs away with his back turned.
Why?
Cops were doing everything right. Even got perp to blow the breathalyzer to prove he was drunk Then perp woke up enough to figure he couldn’t stand the arrest and went bezerk. I haven’t heard anything about his past record, but bet he knew he wouldn’t receive just a slap on the wrist. Speaking as a survivor of a potentially lethal interaction with .343 blood alcohol I have little sympathy for those endeavoring vehicular homicide. Alert defensive driving saved me, but not either car. He was already suspended from a prior DUI, served a few months and was arrested for his third DUI 5 months later. Current policy is NOT adequately keeping the problem drunks off the roads. This way isn’t MY choice for how to accomplish that, but de facto it was HIS choice.