The video of the Minnesota case is really sad, especially when the guy's little daughter tries to comfort her mummy. 
Someone who knows about this sort of thing, why don't cops just immediately deploy stun guns or whatever and leave guns for last resort?
Tasers have a lot of issues. For one they can be ineffective against large built males, who are disproportionately those who commit crimes and need to apprehended. They also aren't exactly 100% safe and non-lethal, they can easily kill someone with a heart problem. Even if used completely correctly it's not like they have no safety risk at all, imagine what happens when someone sprinting away from police instantly stops and falls onto a concrete pavement, and you get the idea. And I'm pretty sure a cop taking out a taser and not using it or merely threatening to is a violation of policy almost always, since the taser could be mistaken as a gun, and get fire in return. In this case the cop already had his gun drawn, so putting it away and pulling out the taser instead wouldn't be a strategically logical move.
The problem with this case is there was no reason at all for the cop to deploy his gun or taser. The man mentioned he had a gun but also a permit for it, which does not constitute a threat. A person who actually poses a threat isn't going to mention that or cooperate. Hell if the cop was still worried he could've done the movie thing where he opens the door while he has his gun drawn, makes the guy get out with his hands up, and then slowly lower his gun onto the ground before searching for his license and permit for it. Not only he did pull the gun without just cause, he gave confusing instructions before firing.
Just about everyone here is pretty pissed about this by the way and even the media coverage is strongly calling wrong, as has Governor Dayton, though many are also getting annoyed at the BLM protests of shutting down the highways which really accomplishes nothing. Today they not only did that but also knocked on some cars and caused damage. I say stick to the protests near the Governor's Mansion and shooting site, doing this just irritates people who are statistically most likely on your side.
