And if he had only done that then yes, shooting him would have been total excessive force.
However, he assaulted a police officer, attempted to take his gun and then after a short chase decided to charge the officer. I am choosing to believe Josie's side of the story because cops dont pull people into police cruisers.
Police process 12 million arrests in this country per year. I think that is excessive and the drug war plays way too much into it. However, the police overall are pretty good. There are certainly bad cops and cops out of control. Why havent I seen the video of the cop who lost it and started pointing his rifle at people and telling them he was going to kill them if they didnt get back? Oh yeah, cause he is probably already fired.
I dont fault the police for most of this however. They have to enforce all the laws the legislatures pass and it is more and more each year.
Broken record but we need to eliminate a lot of bullshit legislation. No crime, no criminals, no criminal activity...