still....didn't it used to be that cops shot to stop a perp, not necessarily to kill them?....arms,legs, etc?
No, never. A gun is always lethal use of force, tactically and legally. So it can never be used for a lesser level use of force.
Either a lethal use of force was necessary or it wasn’t. There is no middle ground.
That’s why these type of shootings create such an uproar when the need for lethal force is not obvious and immediately apparent.