But Craig B. Futterman, a clinical professor of law at the University of Chicago, criticized the reports’ “laser focus” on the shooting itself and said the reviewers should have placed more weight on the events leading up to the shots.

“There’s strong evidence to believe, in the aggregate, the actions were unreasonable,” said Professor Futterman, who founded the Civil Rights and Police Accountability Project at the university.

Professor Futterman said it was a “tough call” whether Officer Loehmann had been unreasonable as an individual in deciding to shoot. The professor also said he wished the widely circulated surveillance footage of the shooting included audio so he could hear what, if anything, the officer said before firing.

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