https://www.foxnews.com/us/rayshard-...nalty-eligible
I think the message is clear. If you're a cop, and you want to arrest someone, just ask them if they are OK with being arrested. If they aren't, then you just let them go, because using any kind of force to insist that they be arrested is going to result in criminal charges for you, the cop. WTF?
My own personal take on the situation:
After the fight, after the taser was shot at the cop, yeah, shoot that ****er.
What could have gone differently:
Since the guy was on private property and cooperative, instead of arresting him for DWI, let him call someone to come get him, or call an Uber. Confiscate the car keys and let the driver pick them up at the station the next day. If the cops wanted to go a little further, have the car towed, to make sure the guy wouldn't drive it that night, let him pay to get it out of impound. His charge, right up until the fight, if there needed to be one, should have been public intoxication, but considering he was polite and cooperative, I would have let that go, in favor of just making sure the guy got home safe and didn't drive the car any more that night.
And yes, I'm fully aware he was driving drunk to get to the drive through.