[pleasenotcalifornia]

If your a police officer you have the training, tools, and duty to disarm the girl, especially when there are three of you.

[chris37]

They had no duty at all to disarm her.

Who are they supposed to be, Steven Segal?

Maybe they shoulda’ shot the knife out of her hand, right?

[erkelly]

I agree. This was inexcusable. In fact, it was murder. They should have disarmed her. There were plenty of things they could have done short of shooting her dead with a barrage of bullets. Had she been in a hospital setting, and gotten hold of a knife, hospital security and hospital personnel would have gotten the knife away from her, restrained her, and likely without any injuries. Part of a police officer's job and training should be dealing with people with mental health issues who may sometimes in their psychosis be brandishing a weapon. Further, it should be a matter of policy that no one is allowed to commit suicide by cop unless circumstances are such that it is completely unavoidable; a 17-year-old girl with a knife is not that situation, a terrorist with automatic weapons and plenty of ammunition is.