[Joe 6-pack]

"Actually, that is not exactly what happened. The cop body-slammed the dude several feet away from the wal as the dude slowed down at the end of the chase and reached into his pocket."

The cop should have seen that as a likely consequence of his action. As I've repeatedly said elsewhere, this demonstrates a level of poor judgment equivalent to the officer discharging his firearm at a a suspect with a crowd of people standing behind him.

[Moonman62]

You've already admitted that the big officer was accelerating and only a split second away. You expect him to make a physics calculation in that time, under what he had every reason to believe was a dangerous situation?

What would have happened if the suspect stopped three steps sooner, put his hands over his head and left the evidence in his pocket? What if the suspect had obeyed a lawful order to stop in the first place?

[GreenStreak]

The cop should have seen that as a likely consequence of his action.

Maybe he saw the consequence of not taking the dude down would be his demise.