Wheelie was pretty obnoxious at highway speeds. Definitely not safe for himself or others.
1:06 marked car on median.
Rider clearly knew that the cop on the median was after him, as he sped up at 1:45 and started flying past traffic. Then at 2:25 he passed the other cop in the unmarked car. He cut in front of the unmarked car, then across three lanes of traffic at 2:35 with no turn signal to try to ditch the cops at the exit ramp.
Seems to me he was trying to run, or at least that the police officers were justified to have perceived it that way.
Since he was running, he's fair game. If he got shot, officer Lucy would have a lot of 'splainin' to do, but I don't think that cops got anything to worry about.