Also, just....why do they need to shoot and/or prevent fleeing the scene beyond physical restraint? You got his plates, his vin#, his ID, his home address. Unless the car is stolen, you're gonna be able to track them down. And even then they're still eminently findable.
But we've developed this idea in the US that if you flee the scene (and you're black) there is no other alternative: your life is now forfeit because "no black criminal should escape no matter what they're guilty of."
Christ there are even rules in place to NOT engage in high speed pursuits because of the potential loss of life and property damage. I guess those concerns are only valid once you're in your car though. If you're not in your car and you're black then fuck the loss of life, you're a dead man.
It becomes a bit confrontational once you break free of the officers trying to cuff you and climb back into your vehicle.
Did he draw on officers? Assault them with a weapon? No. To me that isn't confrontational. Cops decided to escalate it, he did not. And again, a 26 year veteran with experience in use of force negotiations immediately went with the nuclear option, mistaken draw or not. That's the best we can hope for? Garbage.
Or carrying a pistol without a permit and fleeing the police. Same difference, right? Doesn't completely change the risk evaluation of the situation or anything.
That's not what they pulled him over for, and as pointed out, if they knew that it should have changed their approach.