Clearly this man was attempting to run from the cops and he knew they were cops. He clearly discards something from his pocket as he slows down (But is still running not standing still) Like I first said, I am wasting my time with the Cop bashers here on FR. At least you have common sense.
When I first looked at the video I reacted to the hit on the wall based on some early comments. Reading more, you have to take the video in context.
They guy was slowing down as he sees the cop heading him off. He slows down, tosses the dope and faces the cop. The cop may even have reacted to the guy going to his pocket (thinking maybe a gun) and made sure the guy went to the ground. If you take time to think about why the guy is going for his pocket, you are dead if it is a gun.
It is a sad accident but bad things happen when you are a bad guy running from cops.
He is a minimum wage doper that lives with his father, father's gf and gf's kids. He should be trying to make a life for him and his wife instead of out drinking with buddies at all hours and paying buddies $60 to drive him to Seattle to get dope at 1 AM in the morning.