First off lrn2forum...
Did the cop have other options? Sure he probably did.
Let's list them off:
Taser? No, you have to be certified to use one, which the officer was not.
Pepper spray or the use of a baton? You raise a good point bringing them up. Though the first thing I am reaching for is my gun.
There isn't any way in hell that I am grabbing my baton when being charged and pepper spray, it could have worked sure but when you are being charged at, pepper spray isn't your first instinct.
You've obviously never been in a serious situation such as this, as to experience the fight or flight mentality, everyone will react different. When there is a man charging at you after you have said stop moving or I will shoot, you grab that gun tight and squeeze that trigger.
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When you see that right there, charging at you, you shoot to put that in the ground.
People keep calling him a boy, does that look like a boy to you? No, that's the picture of a thug. Stop treating him like a child.
You seriously don't know anything about police officer training do you? Combat training? That's rich, it isn't the military, they aren't put through drills like that.