Strangely, this seems very controversial, the FBI is known for following procedure correctly, but after reading this you could make an argument that a mistake was made, HANDCUFF ALL SUSPECTS? and SHOT 20 TIMES? i find it highly unlikely that they handcuffed a suspect that was shot 20 times, he was most likely dead when they engaged in cuffing him.

Fear of extreme Islam--Islamophobia, if you will, is probably pervasive by now in our law enforcement and intelligence agencies. We have the Fort Hood incident, the various sleeper cells that have been awoken and arrested, we have Tarek Mehanna, David Coleman Headley, none of these guys or incidents are very reassuring to law enforcement--who are by now probably paranoid and afraid of making a deadly error that could cost dearly in American lives and property. Shooting this imam so viciously and repeatedly is clearly an abuse of authority, a case of runaway reaction to the imam's extremist provocations, a signal or a message if you will, to the extreme Islamists lurking among Americans as to what could happen to them if they wag their tails the wrong way--violence of this sort certainly sends a message to the Muslims--it may seem impetuous and not premeditated but I doubt that this was the way the imam's cookie crumbled--the frightening lesson to be learned from this incident is that US law enforcement is on the edge, it is losing patience and restraint, it is scared of making mistakes, it had rather fall on the side of violence and overreaction than on the side of "wait and see" or on the side of measured steps--law abiding Muslims will now fear for their lives--will fear to express themselves freely in public, will be scared for their children--these are difficult times for good Muslims across the world--and especially in the West and in America, these are tense times for the followers of Allah--they are unable to deal effectively with the extremists in their midst--they want to enjoy the Western privileges of civil liberties and various freedoms--they don't want to be assaulted by suspicious and hateful elements in law enforcement but as long as terror continues as an Islamic force these sorts of confrontations are inevitable--the FBI officers involved should be thoroughly questioned--the incident should be exhaustively probed--punishment should be meted out for exaggerated and reflexive violence and any future similar incidents should be prevented by proper vetting of new FBI recruits and rigorous training of existing ones. We cannot afford to alienate more young Muslims--we cannot afford to scare them and drive them straight into the arms of these kinds of imams. We always have the option to deport incendiary imams back to where they came from or hang the threat of such deportation over their heads to control their provocations. But we have no right to kill them or precipitate a situation that would inevitably lead to violence.
Ravensfan Anon

And how long should law enforcement "wait and see"?
I find it ironic that you use the term incendiary.
When dealing with terror suspects law enforcement has only milliseconds to assess whether the suspect is wearing a bomb and that they might detonate it. When the suspect does not do as commanded when commanded and makes a sudden movement it might be the last thing that law enforcement and any civilians in close proximity might see.
The only thing that I hope is that one of these shots hit the "off switch", if not they need to get to the range.

Paul, don't wait and see--shoot and think--then welcome yourself to a world of never ending terror.
Ravensfan Anon

"Fear of extreme Islam"? As a former law enforcement officer, I can tell you that's the last thing on our minds when we encounter an armed subject. Yes, the possibility that he/she may be a suicide bomber is present and we are mindfull of it. But when a gun is presented as a threat to us the talking stops and the shooting starts. If this person didn't want to be shot once, twice, twenty or fifty times he should have followed the agents orders. He IS NOT the good guy and should not in any way be grieved for.

I've been to police funerals. I grieve for their families. If Ravensfan Anon really wants to do something meaningfull, he should work with young muslims, teaching them that Allah would not condone violence.

Been there done that--some listen others don't--like all youngsters--whether an extremist is the target or not several shots indicate thoughtless furore--blacks who have been victims of such law enforcement tsunami force have sued in the past--multiple shots, handcuffing a dead man, not necessary--law enforcement is not god--police brutality and police impetuosity are realities that cannot and must not be condoned--the same aim can be achieved without sinking to the level of the enemy and finally sinking to the level of the enemy simply bolsters the enemy's cause. Also I don't grieve for this guy--I grieve for the general inhumanity from both sides and the seeming intractability of the problem when communication is possible only through the barrel of a gun--suspicion and hatred being the main causes for such a breakdown between two groups of people it is time to grieve.
Ravensfan Anon