The police don’t have the mental capacity or the training to distinguish between crazy and maliciously aggressive. Someone attacks the police, boom.
A broomstick isn’t a very lethal weapon. Swinging it or throwing it isn’t very effective. Instead of trying to resolve the matter right away, how about waiting until the mentally disturbed person puts the broomstick down and then rushing in to subdue him?
Is the dead guy white? if so that’s the last we’ll hear about it.
Is the dead guy white?
Laval Hall,What do you think?
“The police don’t have the mental capacity or the training to distinguish between crazy and maliciously aggressive.”
They used to. In 1990 I saw 6 NYPD cops trying to disarm and take in a whack job swinging a heavy jagged piece of steel. By the expressions on their faces they felt sorry for the guy and were taking their time, darting in and out, waiting for an opening. They were twenty-somethings at the time. No doubt all retired now.