I don't want to go too far out in the weeds on this, because ultimately, the OP is about the heart-wrenching dying words of yet another unarmed black man murdered by cops.
But I think it's important to point out the demographics of gun ownership in this county, which clearly show the racial bias cops are using when jumping to the conclusion that a black man is "reaching for his gun" with little to no evidence that he even has one. It's a bullshit excuse.
If you take a look at these stats, who is more likely to be carrying a gun?... It's the conservative, rural, white man... Yet, it is black men who are disproportionately being seen as "threats", even though they are much more likely to be unarmed. Michelle Alexander, author of 'The New Jim Crow' couldn't possibly be more correct about what is really going on here.
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/07/15/the-demographics-and-politics-of-gun-owning-households/
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