Another thing Guardian left out (at 8:15 - 8:25 ) was when the cop tells him (as Ahmaud is entering his car) "Well, technically your license is suspended so technically you can't really drive the car." I suspect that that was not really such an issue for the cop personally but he had to say it for the record.
I mean at what point does one have to come to the conclusion that not only did this cop show restraint, but maybe he didn't actually do his job. Illegal parking, threatening police officer verbally and with physical bravado ( 3:05 - 3:10) , invalid driver's license (8:15 - 8:25), drug paraphernalia visible through window.
For anyone just seeing this for first time, here is the unedited video. The Guardian edited out where Ahmaud threated the police officer with physical violence. See 3:05 - 3:10 of this video: