He told the officers that he was not putting up with their s- any longer. They told him he was not going to be arrested, to listen. He told them that he wasn’t moving. He had the power to go in and let his attorney file a complaint on the NYPD. He rolled the dice and this time it went terribly wrong. Sorry for his death but he should had not resisted.
Ideally, no one should resist, of course.
But let's not pretend the police did not have options other than killing him.