By refusing to follow officer commands, the situation rises to resistance without violence at that point, it becomes a felony stop and it is SOP to have one or more officers with a weapon drawn to effect a felony arrest. Fact.

 

The part that got the citizen in trouble was his refusal to keep his hands visible to officers. Had he done that one thing, he would not have been shot. He reached into his car. His hands were obstructed from the view of officers at that point. He was warned what the consequence of doing that would be. He chose to do so, and now we have what we have.

 

It's easy to blame the cops here, but unless you know their procedures and tactics (which HAVE CHANGED in light in the amount of civilians randomly shooting cops), you really can't say that they broke any law or even procedure of the job.

 

Also fact.

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