Non-lethal weapons or equipments should be used for cases that don't deserve death, but it seems they are mostly equipped with lethal weapons for such situation.
And police need to start by talking to suspects with less harsh tone which could be increased when they refuse to comply. That could lessen the tendency by the innocent to flee due to fear of being killed.
A guilty suspect will likely want to flee even with less harsh tone while non guilty ones will not
She attacked the officer with a lethal weapon, her car. Officer responded in kind.
Tone? Please so stupid, she was approached normally, her failure to comply lead to the escalation and in kind response. Stop defending criminal activity. If that was you family member attacked with a lethal car you would feel different. "Oh I am glad my son died being run over by a criminals car, at least he didn't yell at him, what a good biy he was"