Fugitive who stabbed officer fatally shot after manhunt in Texas

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61. You keep ignoring the fact that none of what you say denies a person right to due process

Now, how solid was the ID? Did they hold the guy up and compare him to a picture? Of course not and if they had done they would have been in breach of procedure! Their duty was to apprehend a criminal and anyone in that vicinity who matched the description would have been challenged and that would have been in accordance with procedure.

They saw someone who looked like the person sought. They had no chance to confirm the identity but they challenged as required. They sought to have the suspect render himself helpless bu revealing if he held any weapons. That suspect did not comply. Now if the suspect had been the wrong man and not a speaker of English, would the officers still have been justified in shooting?

Next you reveal you prejudice, because you admit that tasers could have been used but excuse the failure on the grounds that

... they're not always effective

Which means that they are mostly effective. What relevance the 99% statistic you throw out has to do with anything is a mystery.

Essentially you are in favour of the police executing anyone they think is guilty of a crime and who they can interpret as threatening them.