While I don't disagree with this, I also think it poses a major danger of "Monday morning quarterbacking". Where someone watches a video over and over again with no real risk to them or others hanging over their head, and THEN makes a decision of what the best response should have been.... while the officers had seconds to decide with zero "instant replay" to form their decision based on.
This is becoming more and more common in media as activist groups seek to vilify police officers to rally people (and thus money) behind their pet cause.
I agree, but I also think that perhaps disincentivizing the police from doing anything that is considered questionable isnt the worst move in the world. I think most people are rational enough to know when someone is far too much of a risk.
Yeah, I just think of those cops that shot a guy who got out of his car with his wallet in his hand.
It's night, it's dark, you see him reach for something even though you told him to keep his hands up, he produces a dark object from behind him... do you wait to see if he kills you/your partner before acting? Or do you shoot?
Cameras say "look, it was obviously his wallet!" when the headline told you it was a wallet, and you got to watch it until you saw it. In that moment though... could they have known?