We have a long history of giving the police the "benefit of the doubt". I don't believe that police possess any rights that I do not have. They are not entitled to a benefit of the doubt and should be just as accountable for their action as an ordinary citizen. My question is if he believed (and they all believed) that this man had a weapon, why was he the only one to fire his weapon? The police have a duty to ensure that a "weapon" is actually a weapon before using deadly force.