Seems to me there was a huge mistake in leadership here.
No one took command, or did a bad job of it.
Otherwise it would have been quickly determined the guy wasn’t armed.
Sure, assume the worst at first- for safety- but then quickly gather information and get control.
Totally agree.
A bit off topic, but I found this to be an interesting piece of journalism from the WaPo:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/police-shootings/
It allows you to filter every police killing from 2015 through a variety of filters. I found it interesting that in my state (WA) there were no blacks killed by cops at all. With the exception of a Hispanic and two Asians, everyone killed was white.