You know, the story (and title) are indicative of the accountability-avoidance and ‘non-thinking’ excuse .
i.e. “They yelled gun!” —> So it really wasn’t our fault because we were just reacting.
Funny thing is such a defense would be extraordinarily strained if used by a soldier in a gunfight investigation in a warzone where, by definition, their lives are in danger and reaction-time & training are paramount.
I think you might get some arguments about that. Once units make contact, then all bets are off. It this case, the original perp was already shot and down, but it appears this johnny come lately in planclothes with a M4 slung upside down over his shoulder gets wasted after this retired NYPD sergeant freaks out upon seeing the M4, and Gentile overreacts and kills him.
I wonder how much of the militarization of the police has caused this?