I saw a comment earlier today that Minneapolis (unsurprisingly) has had a lot of police officers quit and that they can’t replace them fast enough with qualified officers. They are pulling people out of desk jobs and putting them on the street. Other accounts have said that the woman who shot the young man was a veteran with many years of service. It had me thinking perhaps she is one of those people pulled out of a desk job. She certainly sounded rattled and panicked. Bad situation; timing couldn’t be much worse.
Several things went wrong prior to the shooting... The arresting officer could not get the cuffs on the dude, he was fumbling around.
Then, the woman walks up and says that there are warrants out on the guy, before making sure he was secured.
My gramps was a cop. He once asked me who the most dangerous man in the world is.
Answer, a man that’s got nothing to lose.
The woman set the whole thing in motion by making the perp realize he had nothing to lose.
The entire incident is a giant lesson in don’t let this happen to you.