The cops should be held to the same or higher standards that we are. If they shot him for punishment, they've got to be prosecuted and put in a tiny cell for a long time. If they shot because they thought they were about to get pelted again, I'm thinking it's justified self defense. Problem is....do we really have any way to tell in this case? I'm thinking, no.
They have 2 viewpoints of the video.
The guy picks up a rock, throws, and they shoot/taze him.
He runs, crosses a street, freezes with hands up, then runs again.
I don't see any scenario where they think a rock magically reappears in his hands.
Rather, more likely, they were already in "shoot this motherfvvker" mode (because he had a rock up), and just like in many other cases, when they finally did cross the street to him, his hands were empty, his hands were up, and he was shot because of "some shit that happened earlier".
He was shot because he threw a rock at them. Then he ran, crossed street, ran, froze, put hands up, and was shot by a few of them. THIS is what I hate - the "continuation" where person can do something, run, surrender, then be executed, and these pussy idiot wimp suckups say "well, he shouldn't have thrown a rock".
Sickening that some people are that soft. He was no longer a "deadly threat" and his hands were up. Just arrest him, you murderous fucks.