[jjsheridan5]

There's a huge difference between a person who is uncooperative and one who is a threat.

True, but there are certain actions that an uncooperative person can take that make him appear to be a threat. In such cases of ambiguity, it is vital that the police assume that it is a threat. Vital. And justified.

For the uncooperative person, it is a risk they take the moment they decide to be uncooperative, because officers have to make split-second life and death decisions with little information. The stupidity of being uncooperative with the police should be the dominant news story here. But it won't be.

[Alberta's Child]

But in this particular case, two different officers reacted in two different ways. If she reacted correctly, then it would stand to reason that her partner should be disciplined for his failure to react accordingly.