Good job on removing the context... again ("an uncertain circumstance of possible danger"). If it is a clear case of existent danger then self-defense applies. Training should distinguish a vague and possible threat from a distinct and verified one. Lethal force is an extreme measure and needs suitably strong justification.
Are you suggesting that someone should give another person (who they know to have a gun) the time to raise a firearm towards them and take aim before lethal force can be used? If you do that when the other person intends to shoot you, you're the one who's going to end up dead.
Ya know, when someone has their arms raised in the air and is being held at gunpoint I think it's fair enough to calll it 'captured'. (giggles) Maybe you could have also bolded the 'generally'... Besides we're only discussing premeditation because of your insistence that the cop did abolutely nothing wrong. But to go on with citing that wikipedia page the essence of it is:
No. The kid was in the process of raising his arms when the officer began to pull the trigger. If they'd been up for more than a fraction of a second to verify his surrender, then that would meet a valid definition of capture.
I didn't say that the cop did absolutely nothing wrong. You're putting words in my mouth. In fact
I said, "Maybe the officer should have ordered him to stop and face the fence, instead."
However, the officer is not criminally liable for not doing so.
Strange that you say
No analysis of the circumstances that lead the cop to shoot.
Because that is exactly the discussion. What was it about the kid's actions that led to the cop arbitrarily depriving them of their life?
Had you given thought to it before I entered the discussion?
1. Hanging out with a gang member at 2am instead of being in bed?
2. Watching said gang member shoot at a car and deciding to stick around?
3. Accepting a gun from a gang member?
4. Running from the police with a gun in hand?
5. Dropping the gun out of sight?
(I'm loathe to suggest the kid dropped the gun out of sight in an attempt to avoid being charged with firearm possession, but since people do stuff arbitrarily, y'know.)
It is indeed a tragedy, but that doesn't stop it being a gross mistake: on the part of the cop (and the judicial system) on my take; or premeditated murder on yours.
That 'It was inevitable' just returns us to Vector's unease.
Mistake? Yes. Unlawful negligence? No.
Premeditated?
Take it up with a legal scholar.
But it wasn't inevitable. A number of actions could have steered things away from it, even before the police arrived.