I just dont understand how he can use the excuse that he was trying to protect the black man from the autistic kid when they have the black man laid out like he is a suspect. The only thing keeping that black man in theoretical danger was the cops. At the point this guy shot they had already established that the kid was holding a train instead of a gun and had announced it over the police radio. At the least he should have been convicted of reckless use of a firearm.
I cant imagine what it's like to be shot by the cops and the only thing you can do is to ask them nicely to stop shooting you....and the response they give is that they were trying to protect you..... all the while you were begging and pleading with them that you were not in danger and there was no gun......