Exactly. All these other replies acting like waaah cops are cowards and babies! First off, they don't know if the guy is bullshitting them or not. We have hindsight bias watching a video after the fact, knowing he wasn't an actual drug dealer.
And it's as you said, if he WAS an actual dealer, chances are he might have had a weapon on him. I'd rather be careful than dead just because some losers on the internet cry "fAcIsM" because cops are being defensive with what they PRESUME to be a drug dealer. You know, upstanding members of society. Reddit.com will tell you that.
"FIRST OFF, FUCKING PROVE THAT" wont someone pleaseeee think of the junkies/dealers feelings :(