IMO, I didn't see a knife

I'm not suggesting there wasn't one, because he was acting strange

and looked to be holding something

but the description of the incident was;

man hyped up on energy drinks wielding knife in overhead stabbing motion attacks police

I was expecting some bath salt zombie with a rambo knife doing a kill bill scene

but I didn't see any of that

he stood at a distance from the police and taunted them

and the police had more than enough time to disarm him without lethal force (like ol' bol said, they coulda tazed him or shot him in the leg)

I don't even think he got that close to the police

he wasn't even on the sidewalk, he was still in the parking lot portion of the property when they shot

and I counted 5 shots

5 shots for 2 cans of soda and a honey bun

WTF!