Stats don't really mean much in the context of this incident, all we can go on is what happened and in the OP which you posted, the police clearly went to intercept this fellow fully armed, in unmarked police cars and unloaded on said driver until he was dead.
If you have a theory on why this should have happened the way it did, please share.
I disagree with your argument and it seems very biased.
Any armed police officer follows the 'triple tap' when shooting a live target as per his/her training. Unlike in the movies where a single shot brings a person down this is not always the case and one is trained to take 3 shots at the largest surface area in order to neutralize an armed threat.
In this case YY was seated in the driver's seat and as per police intelligence one presumes is armed and dangerous. An armed police officer will not wait to find out what YY's next move is going to be and his job is to neutralize the threat. The threat is not just the gun but the fact that he is in control of a car as well.
The officer cannot see the lower half of the suspect's body, where the weapon is or read from his physical movement behind the steering wheel, to decide on an action. To neutralize him he follows the triple tap, three continuous shots at the largest visible part of his body. In this case a person seated on the drivers side the visible areas are the chest and then his head. Three shots were fired in a close grouping as is visible from the pictures above.
He did not unload his gun. Considering they are most likely to have used a Heckler & Koch G3 or MP5, which means the magazines have 15 to 30 rounds. Had they unloaded the gun that windscreen wouldn't be in place. It was a perfect 3 tap as per protocol.
The question is if this is justified. I live in the North East of Scotland and such cases are rarely reported here, irrespective of ethnicity. But as a law abiding individual I do not want a person driving around carrying an illegal firearm, especially if he has serious priors. I would expect the police to remove that threat by whatever means possible. It is their job to do so.
The outcome of such a situation is based on the actions of both parties involved, not just the police. The instigator here is clearly YY. He might not have fired the shot, which could be either he did not intend to or was unsuccessful in his attempt. YY could have avoided this fate, not have a criminal history for one, not carry a weapon, to stop when asked to or felt like he was followed, come out of the car, throw the weapon out when stopped etc..etc... We do not know the full story. The police officer's options were far more limited on the other hand. His life as well as that of his surrounding colleagues are at stake.
Like you I have no deep knowledge on the subject but it is sad to see a life lost irrespective of ethnicity.
There will never be perfection in enacting the law. There will always be mistakes made intentionally or otherwise. That said YY would have had far more opportunities in life to avoid being in that car at that time, than the cop who had to take a call at that moment.
