1. It is a shitty cell phone camera so who knows what the Officers saw that made them shoot.

2. As others have said, you shoot to stop the threat, no more no less, stopping the threat is different in every situation.

3. You do not deploy a Taser or other Less Lethal option without Lethal cover (Don't take a Taser to a knife fight). They did have plenty of LEO on scene and maybe one had a Taser out. Like the point in #1 it is a shitty video the LEO's with lethal cover may have seen something to respond the way they did.

4. Respect the job that LEO's do, if you can do it better, go get a job as a LEO. Being a Firefighter we rib each quite well, but I have noting but the utmost respect for most LEO's on the job. It is a tough job that I would not want to do. Are there bad cops out there? Yes. Are there bad politicians, firefighters, cooks, bus drivers, clowns? Yes. The problem is all anyone puts on the news is the bad things LEO's do, so of course EVERY cop is bad. I have seen cops run into fires to try and save a life - ballsy, stupid but ballsy.