Suspect steals Cop's taser and gets shot

This compilation of police bodycam and dashcam footage comes in from Newport Beach, California. In the video, we see the ramifications of a motorcyclist's cascading poor decisions as the situation escalates from a simple traffic stop to lethal force. Viewer discretion is advised. A Newport Beach police officer observed Geoffrey Stirling, 43 years of age, as he ran a red light on his motorcycle. The officer pursued and pulled Stirling over, at which point Stirling became noncompliant. He refused several commands to sit down on the curb and instead closed distance with the officer. He then physically attacked the officer, and in the struggle struck him twice in the head before taking his TASER. The officer ordered Stirling to drop the TASER, but when Stirling refused to do so, he was shot several times. Backup arrived and provided medical aid until EMS could take over, but Stirling eventually died at an area hospital. A non-sworn police department employee who was on a ride-along witnessed the event from the police car. Prima facie, it may seem unfair for the cop to use lethal force on a suspect holding a less-than-lethal weapon. However, the legal view on this matter is that if the suspect were to use that TASER on the officer and incapacitate him, all of the tools the officer had, including his handgun and ammunition, would then become available to the suspect. The risk of the suspect hurting the cop, themselves, or others with captured police weaponry (or even vehicles), is considered not to be borne.