No surprise here

The shooting death of the passenger in Miami when air marshals shot and killed him is now being spun as an overreaction by the cops. What took the media so long?

I'm not saying they were justified, but it certainly looks like it. These guys aren't rent-a-cops and with things like shoe bomber and bombs in baggage going off in subways, it's kind of hard to tell them not to make sure the guy's really got a bomb first. I wouldn't give much credence to an "eye-witness" who probably didn't notice what was going on before he heard shots. I know I wouldn't have been. People have a tendency to build memories after the fact, and with a reporter pressing you for a statement that could make you famous, the power of suggestion can lead to miscarriages of justice.

Remember, as the press reports come in, all the stories about innocent men sitting on death row until DNA proved them innocent.