“I was like, ‘Don’t arrest him. He just saved our lives,’” Engel said. “And they said, ‘We have to do this.’”
No you don’t. You knew right there on the scene exactly what happened but just have to get your rocks off and bring the good guy in.
Right, you know the good guy is no threat. But the donut munchers have got to look like they are doing something.
“...No you don’t. ...”
It’s probably department policy. Doesn’t make it right, but they’re doing what they’ve been ordered/trained to do - to see ANY person with a firearm as a threat until otherwise noted.
This is the world we live in now, unfortunately and it completely sucks.
So, if the shooter declines to answer any questions does he still have to get handcuffed and taken downtown? Just asking?
“I’m having chest pains”, call an ambulance for the good guy okay?
You are correct.