He tripped and fell flat on his back with the suspect feet away from him. Yeah, we want our police to use judgement and discern threats. That did not happen in this case. The cop is lucky to be alive.
And he had the presence of mind not to discharge his weapon either intentionally or accidentally...
Seems the cops can’t win on this site today.
They get second guessed no matter what they do.
The guy on scene, in the moment, makes his best call, and it works out with the result he intended. I guess that’s not enough.