KING: Chilling details emerge after Texas police shoot black man

I watched the video several times, He did turn His head and eyes to the right in the general direction of the Officers but did't turn His body around otherwise and extended His right arm to full length at shoulder height, there was a item in His hand to it didn't appear to be a firearm although it was silver in color and appeared to be metal. I'm not sure what it was but perhaps a comb or something comparable in size anyway. Its unfortunate esp the extent of His injuries and a good reason not to make sudden moves like that but then I doubt He expected to be shot either. Although the area was dark but was lit until He made that move there was nothing to react to before that. It seems to appear certain that He in fact didn't actually have a weapon, wasn't running away or showing any particular reaction otherwise. There wasn't anything He could be charged with from what I hear and saw within the video. I wold suggest to anyone not to make any sudden moves on Police encounters. and if there was a problem otherwise at least Your still alive hopefully to tell someone what had happened. I have spent 40 years in full time Law Enforcement and I'm happy to say i never had to shoot or shoot at anyone even though I had locked up people armed with guns, knives, straight razors , tire irons and plenty of other things. I doubt on what I've seen that I would have shot then either but then I had more time to evaluate the situation than the Officers did. I do hope that somehow the victim does make a full recovery if that is even possible, it well may not be.

If the police officers acted outside the policies of their respective departments, and it appears to this layman they did, then they should face the consequences for their actions; both legally and fiscally.

This is why body cameras are important followed by prosecution of bad actors. There are some police in the various departments that have to be weeded out due to unsuitability to interact with the public, particularly in interactions with minority groups.

Not only is having them there dangerous to the public, but it is dangerous to all the honest officers as well. One segment of the population is being given good reason to believe that interactions with police are a life endangering events. The deeper that thought gets, the more they will think they need to defend themselves from the police, who in their minds are becoming a clear and present danger. That isn't good for anyone; the public trust needs to be maintained and that means that we have to weed out the bad actors.