Since none of us were there, I'm not sure I get your point.
Some here are unwilling to acknowledge any shortcomings on the part of the responding officers. Acknowledging the police had a role in how this played out is not the same as them being criminally culpable.
What is perplexing, and deeply disturbing to me is the unwillingness to even consider how the mistakes that contributed to this outcome could be turned into the better training, protocol and policy. Am I to understand some of you folks think this was good police work? Really?
Scott is not blameless, but if this incident was properly handled, the man would be alive. There can little doubt about that. This was not a man who would willingly threaten police. He was put in that position by the conflicting commands, a fact that is uncontroverted, yet ignored here for some reason.
Could a person with a clearer mind have processed the chaotic orders better, disregarding the ones that made no sense? Maybe. Could anyone under that much stress and shock have the presence of mind to refuse to obey a command to drop a weapon not yet held in the hand? Maybe. Maybe not.