Who knows how this particular situation is going to shake out. But there is a problem with most if the “just obey the police” comments here. A citizen can not be expected to behave in a perfectly calm and rational manner when under stress.
The police are trained to behave in a calm and rational manner when under stress. The general public is not.
As an example, take the (white) guy in Mesa that you mentioned. He was unarmed. And the police were pointing guns at him and yelling commands. He went to hike up his pants. The police murdered him.
Some here will say that shoot was justified because he made a threatening move. Nope. He was just a guy acting less-than-perfectly while under stress. And he was murdered for that.
Are you referring to Daniel Shaver?
Sorry but that’s absurd. You ALREADY have guns drawn on you. YOU DO WHAT THE OFFICERS SAY. By ignoring them and trying to reach into his car for something was an idiotic thing to do, if he grabs a gun then you might have far less than a second to respond.
The bottom line - DO WHAT THE POLICE SAY. That is the problem with an awful lot of these events. There seems to be this narrative that it’s ok to resist...then cops get killed. This is the result. This guy knew guns were on him and he escalated the threat and danger. You’re asking cops to get killed so they don’t make a ‘mistake’. The only mistake here was not following police orders once they believed they were in danger.
You are absolutely correct. We simply can’t tolerate a bunch of nervous, paranoid, armed, trigger happy society misfits who interpret every person and movement by someone as a threat. They must be weeded out.