IF the situation is exactly as described it seems that it was a bad shoot.
If the officer felt comfortable enough to try to physically take the bat away the gun should not have been necessary. The taser and awaiting back-up should have been enough.
However, if the guy charged the cop with a bat in-hand the situation changes.
More info is needed to make a judgment. You simply cannot trust media reports on the police. Especially, in a place like the Bay area.
> IF the situation is exactly as described it seems that it was a bad shoot <
I watched the video a couple of times. It looked like the black guy was approaching the officer. But it didn’t look like he was charging the officer. It was more like a lurching random walk.
And from what I could tell, the bat was not being raised when the shots were fired. The black guy actually had the bat pointed at the ground.
I dunno. If this was a good shoot, it’s going take a bit to convince a jury. I think the main thing in the cop’s favor is that he first tried a taser, and it didn’t work.
Double Ditto.
Watch the video, they tased him and it did not stop him. He then charged the officer. The officer fired one shot in order to stop the threat. A bat is a deadly weapon i dont believe firing one shot was unreasonable in this situation.