[wbarmy]

And the autistic kid survived. Which is the point I was trying to make.

If I go through the situations I have been going through “expecting” everyone to do the right thing, or the sensible thing, or the common sense thing, I would probably be DEAD.

People, and police, in these situations sometimes do not do the “right” thing, or the “sensible” thing, or the “common” sense thing. So I, and other survivors, do the thing that keeps us alive.

And as for the nurse, if I remember correctly, her trying to talk some sense into the police was at full volume and only made the situation worse, especially for her.

[freeandfreezing]

Actually the nurse was staying very still and speaking calmly, appealing for the police to calm down. They opened fire anyway. The only reason the autistic kid survived was that the nurse got hit instead due to the poor shooting skills of the police. And he was just plain lucky.

To me is seems obvious that better training is required for police so that they can respond better in situations where normal people wouldn't be ready to draw a firearm, much less start shooting.