If one reads the article in the NY times
it is pretty clear this one officer was not
trying to play I am the big bad cop.

NY has a very low rate of police actually
killing suspects. The victims were told to stop POLICE multiple
times. The victim probably did not believe the
cops were after him. Overall it is very unfortunate.
NY will have to look more closely at how
they approach this type of bizarre situation.

But it was clearly not a cowboy cop gone mad.
And the poor guy that got shot might very well
have thought some gang bangers or some criminal
types were after him.