Originally Posted by B20.eg
the most the cops could get him on was flashing a weapon and posession of a weapon w/o permit. no need to ace him in the back. he wasn't having a shoot-out, he was leaving. i agree he was in the wrong for swinging a gun around(fake or real), but he didn't need to be killed. basically you're saying, the only way out the cops had was to kill him? weird.
If someone is pointing and waiving a gun at you... And you were a cop, would you not shoot first in order to protect yourself and others?
The fact that he is even pointing a "gun" at someone, especially a officer, is enough reason to kill him.