There are two camps here.  One defends police officers in every instance.  The other blames police officers in every instance.

The video I saw wasn't smooth, I heard the officer say he was going to shoot the guy who was fleeing and then did.

But, we're all going to have to agree on two facts:

1. The police stopped, frisked and were preparing to cuff the fifty year old black male for riding a bicycle that supposedly didn't have a taillight.

2.  The black guy is now dead.

I'd ask my white colleagues, "When was the last time that happened in your family?"