Does it really even matter if it includes “criminals”? Because by the definitions they use everyone who is shot by a cop is automatically a “criminal” because he was “resisting arrest” or “disobeying an order” or some other trumped up non-crime. Furthermore, does being a minor criminal offender mean execution by the cop is okay? Most cop shootings do NOT take down serial murderers. They take down people for offenses that would receive far less than the death penalty in a court of law.
Actually I would say it DOES matter. Are there occasional unjustified shootings by the police? Yes, there are. Are “most” police shootings unjustified? No, they are not. Almost ANY crime, including rape and murder, will usually receive far less than the death penalty in a court of law. Do does this mean that the police (and I assume you would also extend this to citizens who act in self defense) should reserve the use of deadly force for only those suspects who are likely to be serial killers?
This case is the exception to the norm, and to try to generalize it to represent even a substantial portion of police shootings, let alone “most” police shootings is every bit as disengenuous as the attempts by the gun-grabbing brady bunch to pounce on every gun crime as a reason for more gun control laws.