What we have to do EVERY SINGLE TIME is consider the SOURCE of the information being reported. I guarantee you the reporters have an agenda -- usually slanted to the Left, if not Far Left.
These reports tend to be written to elicit an emotional reaction from readers so the news agency makes MONEY from user activity (clicks).
So, while the basic info (who, what, where and when) are normally not debatable, the facts surrounding WHY the suspect or Cop took the actions they did are in most cases a matter of opinion and spin.
This story began on 04/19/2020. The news of the indictment was dated today, 12/31/2020. Not much has been released on the details of what transpired in the interim. One reason might be the lockdowns that shutdown the courts and prosecutor offices for months, only then to have to work through the backlog.
Tbe worst thing anyone can do is form an opinion based on a very short video with no context and no idea what occurred just prior. Just as bad is forming opinions on the basis of news articles written with a bunch of maybes and might haves. Those are intentionally designed to attract your attention toward an opinion without any actual facts.
For any Police-involved violence, it's always best to wait a few days afterward to see what the real facts are as they become available. This is one reason "people on this forum" don't jump on the "criminal police officer" bandwagon when the cop haters immediately post about an incident the day it happens -- and then they accuse those of us remaining silent of implying approval. Such a tactic is used by Liberals on a daily basis. "If you don't denounce X, then you must like and support X." "If you don't support X loudly and proudly, then you must hate X."
Ridiculous, and annoying.