Unconvinced at this point.
In this situation, when an officer says, “Drop it.”, he should have dropped wherever he had in his hand and waited for further instructions.
Remember, he has already proven to be able to fire a gun.
If his immediate response was to raise your hands, he made the officer (operating in stark shadows/light) to make a split second decision on his intent.
Remember, he has already proven to be able to fire a gun.
Officer should stand on his training; of which there is video of the class and his ability to perform in this situation.
(Source: personal conversation with a current Chicago cop that passed this training.)
Passing that situational training exercise is his defense.
Hopefully the officer won’t be sacrified to appease the un-appeasable groups of fiends.