When was there even time to think about or get a taser ready to deploy? They were responding to a shoplifting call. No reason to think it's going to escalate quickly or sit in hiding waiting for back-up. They walk out of the truck to talk to the guy and see what's going on, in two seconds he's yelling 'shoot me' and going towards them aggressively.
I wish he didn't have to be shot either but that was the only outcome available.
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