Yes, seriously, "had it coming" were the words he used. It wasn't like this was some tragic accident or cops reaching for their firearms at the first sign of anything. A guy who had already cut someone up very badly and was obviously having some sort of mental breakdown (and therefore totally unpredictable) attacked them with a hammer when they tried to get him into custody. He did not respond to the taser (unsurprising, as those have a pretty high failure rate even in the best of circumstances). What are they supposed to do, get hit in the head with a hammer and end up with brain damage? Let him just hang out up there indefinitely when there could be people in danger or already hurt up there? I'm glad they took care of it, sorry that it came to what it did.

I don't know where this idea that cops can shoot but not to kill comes from, but I only see it from people who get all their ideas about guns from movies and CNN. When you shoot, you aim for center of mass, and it's to kill. That's why it's called lethal force. It's the only way to be sure you will stop someone who is trying to kill you.

There are so many incidents in the US where lethal force is used completely inappropriately by the police, but this ins't one of them. And although I have my issues with the way BPD handles many things, their use of force is in general quite restrained. It's unfortunate expectations for police are so low that that's commendable in this day and age, but here we are.