If he thought he was after someone with an actual weapon , he ' d have been dead if they had had one . In that case , why , oh why was he caught so off guard ? And when he realized there was actually no threat , why oh why did he THEN go on the offensive ? Bad , bad form , bad training , horrible , abusive and lifethreatening priorities at work here . Of the individual , and obviously of the organization that is responsible for him acting so insanely . Or , was it his first week on the job and he just panicked ? Better not let him have that much responsibility then . Clearly not up to muster yet . except , this kind of aggressive , overthetop behavior seems to be policy in America lately . Didn ' t have a clue how to actually protect himself from what people say he assumed was an armed and dangerous suspect . Sure knew how to assault an unarmed citizen though .