There is no reason the officer should have drawn his firearm when pepperspray or a baton would have been sufficient in this situation. The tendency to automatically resort to their proverbial nuclear option is ridiculous. We should be training police to effectively use and be comfortable with their entire tool set, rather than just having them default to their firearm.

As a side note, in the confusion of an arrest, it's easy for a suspect to not realize how much the situation has escalated, and for a police officer to repeatedly give conflicting orders to a suspect, both of which result in a needless death.

Here's an idea: Police should have a loud speaker and strobe light on their uniform that trigger when they unholster their firearm. The speaker should repeat over and over until they re-holster their weapon:

"SIREN BLARE A POLICE OFFICER HAS DRAWN THEIR WEAPON. REMAIN STILL UNTIL FURTHER ORDERS OR YOU WILL BE SHOT."

The strobe light should trigger constantly to let the deaf know an officer has drawn their weapon.

There's two reasons for this:

1. It should make it clear to a suspect that they are dangerously close to being shot, and should very quickly change their behavior

2. An officer should not be allowed to give orders to a surrendering and motionless suspect as long as they have their weapon unholstered.

If they wish to give commands to the suspect, they should re-holster their firearm and possibly switch to a less lethal device if the situation calls for it.