If the cop fired and killed the suspect, the ACLU would be all over it, defending the crack head and further undermining the police, and sueing the police and probably the cops family.
They would be all over that. Plus, the NAACP would be in it too, because they think they might of saw a African-American drive by and the cop didn't show him a good jesture.
A better example was at the Halloween party in hollywood a few years ago and a black guy pulled a fake gun on a cop cause it was a part of his costume and he got blasted.