From the video, I can see neither that the guy was "crazed" nor that he was "chased down". For all I can tell, the cops trespassed on some guys property and gunned him down. In any case, the cop wouldn't have gone that close to him if he posed a real threat. He would have shot him from 50 or 100 feet away.
Yes, I know the cop told him to drop the axe and he didn't do it. But it's irrelevant. The cop's report will cite the 21 foot rule, which he gamed so he could claim there was a threat.
If he was really a threat it would have been legal to shoot him from 50 feet away. The cop was too lazy to do the work it would have taken to take him alive.
From the video, I can see neither that the guy was "crazed" nor that he was "chased down". For all I can tell, the cops trespassed on some guys property and gunned him down. In any case, the cop wouldn't have gone that close to him if he posed a real threat. He would have shot him from 50 or 100 feet away.
It doesn't mean he could have legally shot without gaming the 21 foot rule.
Yes, I know the cop told him to drop the axe and he didn't do it. But it's irrelevant. The cop's report will cite the 21 foot rule, which he gamed so he could claim there was a threat.
If he was really a threat it would have been legal to shoot him from 50 feet away. The cop was too lazy to do the work it would have taken to take him alive.