You left out an important part: they tazed him. Police firing off their tazers means "talking time" is over with, you're going into custody. That he kept going after being tased? Justified shooting. 100%. They're trained to escalate, especially if someone warrants a tasing, and then shrugs it off.
Violent felon with an arrest on sight warrant for sexual assault keeps walking after tasing? YOU SHOOT HIM. SOP.
It actually sounds like the taser actively malfunctioned. He definitely fought with them and resisted though, and they tried to get him to stop as he went around to the driver's seat.
First time I've heard knife though; I'd read before that a gun was found.
You left out an important part: they tazed him. Police firing off their tazers means "talking time" is over with, you're going into custody. That he kept going after being tased? Justified shooting. 100%. They're trained to escalate, especially if someone warrants a tasing, and then shrugs it off.
Violent felon with an arrest on sight warrant for sexual assault keeps walking after tasing? YOU SHOOT HIM. SOP.
It actually sounds like the taser actively malfunctioned. He definitely fought with them and resisted though, and they tried to get him to stop as he went around to the driver's seat.
First time I've heard knife though; I'd read before that a gun was found.
Tasers are shit. They don't work more often than they do
To the point that most departments won't pull a taser unless the cop has a buddy gun drawn backing him up