It’s just excessive use of force at this point. Take his gun away and put him on the desk. Any cop involved in controversial shootings should have their gun toting rights taken away on and off duty for 2 years automatic.
Don’t care if he strong armed a box of ghetto cigars. My problem is, I can’t trust the police any more than I can trust the gangstas. I can’t trust them to tell the truth and I can’t trust them to be smart and to hold themselves to a standard higher than ‘my life and safety comes first, even if others my be hurt in my stead.’
LE has to adopt the attitude ‘we serve the people’, not ‘we serve the state’.
Let’s see what the dash video/audio looks like before we ruin his career, shall we?