twenty year old cherif haines approached officer edwards patrol car, knocking on the door to ask for help, then threatened him. despite repeated attempts to shows his hands, haines taunted the officer making shooter gestures, edwards called for help. officer eric tyler arrived pulling out his taser and hit haines. both officers credit their police training. >> that's the first thing that came to my mind, bass to preserve life and de-escalate the situation the best that i could. so that we both could go home to our families and that he could be arrested without being injured or killed. >> they made us proud because everybody survived including the suspect. it speaks volumes for what we do as a profession each and every day. >> cherif haines did not have a gun, but he is behind bars facing several charges. commissioner ross says if the officers had used their guns it, would have been justified in his eyes. >> google is backing apple in its legal battle with the fbi. the search engine plans to file a friend of the court brief. last week, a court ordered apple to help the fbi hack into a