He had a taser, not a deadly weapon. Neither resisting arrest nor grabbing a cop's taser are death penalty offenses. The cops knew he had a taser and at that distance shooting it at them could do them no harm. Using deadly force was beyond inappropriate. Anyone who thinks the action of the cop who shot him was justified has to be nothing other than a dyed in the wool racist.
What else did he have? I mean people like to run with what they know, but rarely do they think about what they don't know.
A DUI or Public intox doesn't warrant a search on the person until an arrest is made. They know he's combative, he's already stolen one weapon, and is running. Cops don't know if it's the Tazer now being pointed at them, it's a good possibility mind you... But it WAS FIRED at them as he's running away.
Hell no... Have to take him down. Risk of death is always a possibility when you run from the police. If you fire a weapon at them while doing so, it just got a whole lot higher. You absolutely CANNOT make an aggressive move toward police while risking your own life. They are absolutely, and with sound logic, going to think you are a threat to them and the public. They let him run, until he fired a weapon.
Stupid should never be rewarded.