Then the man was not running away. The video does not show the man running away. The video shows the man being hit at high speed and having his head jammed into the concrete wall at high speed.
" The cop had been chasing him for 2 1/2 blocks. " The cop hit him with deadly force from the front and side, not from behind.
"Why would this kid pay a buddy $60 to drive him from Olympia to a dark alley in Seattle in the middle of the night? Can we say d.r.u.g.s?"
Irrelevant!
The cop was taking the angle on the running suspect. The suspect slowed, turned to face the cop.