https://www.resetera.com/threads/footage-of-police-shooting-of-daniel-shaver-made-public.10202/So this whole Daniel Shaver affair reminds me of the killing of some other guy (forgot his name) in the back of a car. The guy in the back of the car was potentially more of a threat than Daniel Shaver but it was a similar incident.
Now I'm not from the US so these sort of shootings were initially quite shocking. When I saw that guy get shot in the car my first thought was, "Yeah, this guy was executed". However watching it again and having a little more understanding of police protocol in the US I understood why he was shot.
The detective investigating the shooting had agreed Shaver's movement was similar to reaching for a pistol, but has said it also looked as though Shaver was pulling up his loose-fitting basketball shorts that had fallen down as he was ordered to crawl.
The investigator noted he did not see anything that would have prevented officers from simply handcuffing Shaver as he was on the floor.
Having watched the video, that is an accurate description of what happened. Now, something really needs to be done about these incidents, but it is not clear to me how you would go about it exactly. The problem is, it ony takes a few seconds to reach for and then fire a gun. What a lot of police officers are thinking in that situation is making sure they go home to their family that night. They shoot because they don't want to take any chances.
I think the real problem is the amount of guns in circulation in the US. The whole approach to US law enforcement is to treat every encounter as potentially life threatening. And so if you move, even slightly, in a way they explicitly told you not to, they will not take the risk.
Edit:Actually the point about handcuffing him on the floor. That would have been a better solution. However, that wasn't how they handled it. There is some criticism to made I am sure, but it is not an execution.