This does not give the police license to shoot a cooperative subject with hands clearly in the air. This does not give them license to shoot in a clearly non-threatening situation.
This officer must be charged.
If I shot a man who was clearly not a threat, I would be charged.
I've said for years that the 911 system was a terrible development. It conditioned people to call for help even in situations that they were perfectly capable of handling themselves.
Of course, thy should, but then again, the police have strong unions, so there is another typical liberal talking point that unions are great, yet they will do all they can to protect the bad ones.
You wouldn't have been called there to take charge of the situation and make sure innocents are not injured and to also endanger your own life.
The pressure on one individual cop is harsh. A cop is going to panic and make a mistake sometimes. A mistake, in pursuit of his job . . . a cop should not be punished the same as a criminal.