How about making this a democratic principle? The problem comes when it is not.
And this was no longer a mandatory self defense situation. The threat had come to a standoff. Nobody was being picked off. Confess it... we have a vengeance situation now. If vengeance cannot wait for the operation of law, then we all are hurt.
Yes, indeed, we can all Monday-morning QB the whole incident. Anyways, having been there and done that, I can tell you that I trust the guys on the ground in the dynamic situation-that’s a command related requirement.
If you think it vengeance and unlawful, well, I can appreciate that too, however, I dismiss that line of thought as the public good and safety remained at stake. Just when would lethal force be legitimate in this situation, when he took out one or more add’l people? They contained him, they let him know they were not going away, he had a choice. I truly doubt he would have been murdered if he had informed the deputies he was giving up.... He died in a hole resisting the lawful authority we give LEOs. Part of the social compact.