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I don't know what you're talking about, it's fantastic where I live. You should come visit, I'd buy you a beer
I disagree - the punishment for non cooperation is not death. That to me is an outrage and has very broad and dire consequences. If you pose an immediate, mortal danger to others then yes, the police can and should kill you. But it should be certain and in this instance the guy was unarmed. I don't know how they came to decide it was appropriate to kill him - perhaps more will come out as this moves on, I am basing it simply on what is currently being reported.
The officer isn't meting out punishment in such a case, he is acting in defense of the community at large. If he reasonably believes a killer is escaping police custody and will present a danger to the community, he is empowered to use force to prevent that. That seems like exactly what happened in this case.