“......officers are more careful when confronting black suspects because they know a fatal shooting will open them to controversy.”..............
Which could also cause them to get shot by that same black man. The race of any person should never be a factor in deciding to shoot or not, providing the threat is real.
True but deadly force should only be used against deadly force. A fleeing suspect suspected of murder or rape should be shot but not in other situations. No knock drug busts have to be better orchestrated and they have to cut out this crap about shooting dogs on sight. Let them carry pepper spray.
The cops - in too many cases - are too eager to employ deadly force.