You said yourself that he reached towards his waist on two occasions. Police in Cleveland shot a 12 year old boy for less justification than that and that was ruled a justified shooting. This would appear to be the same kind if situation, and probably result in the same type of ruling.
I believe that the officers on the ground...presuming that the video is accurate and I believe at this point it is...were left with little choice.
Lavoy fled a stop by law enforcement.
He tried to avoid a road block set up be law enforcement.
In coming as close as he did to the one officer who stepped out to try and stop him, he risked that officer’s life.
When he got out of the vehicle, instead of getting down and lying prone with his hands out, to show no possibility of a threat, he acted erratically.
He appeared on two occasion to lower his hands and reach to his side.
I clearly believe this situation should never have developed...but it did, and the officers on the ground, given all of this, were left with little choice.
It is tragic...a good man is dead who should not be dead.
The major decisions putting those officers there need to be aggressively reviewed and in the light of day examined for criminal negligence.
But the officers there at the scene, at least in my opinion from this video...did not execute or murder this man.
Cannot be compared!!!
WHY was a spying drone there in first place, hmmm ???