Your original point was specifically about Kaba and his history though; he was not a known risk when the decision to deploy firearms officers was made because he wasn't linked to that vehicle. Police will have known who the car was registered and linked to but would've been prepared for the prospect of someone else driving or there being multiple occupants.
What tints? Have you watched the BWV footage where the officer can see inside the vehicle, or are you just making things up?
The situation didn't allow for it and those aren't necessarily safer. The popped tyres could easily cause him to lose control and crash into someone innocent.
A stinger only punctures the tyres, it does not 'stop' the car, it simply makes it difficult to drive at anything other than a much slower speed, enough speed however to still run over the officers.
They can be used to bring an end to pursuits or uses pre-emptively to ideally prevent a pursuit from starting, but they don't immobilise the vehicle entirely. They're not usually used in armed hard stops as the element of surprise is key to prevent occupants readying weapons. By the time the car was boxed in it would be too late to deploy one.
I didn't say they were tinted I was replying on post from someone else who said they were present .. preventing ID of the guy, if the police had had good internal intelligence
Not many who will admit their mistake and correct themselves. I too thought the same thing about the judge suppressing that information, until I read more of the details why like you've mentioned.
