I said “IF he was walking at 5 mph.”. I didn’t say he was “jogging”.
You don’t gain credibility by misquoting.
Can you tell at 20 feet if a person moving towards you in a menacing manner, described by the 9-1-1 dispatch as having a “knife”, actually has a gravity-action drop blade, a spring-action switchblade, a penknife, or a leatherman? Having been alerted by 9-1-1 that you are facing an armed, intoxicated man, could you determine his status with certainty in under 3 seconds?
I am not a person who reflexively defends the LEOs in all circumstances. Sometimes there is gross misuse of force. In this case, I think the cop was *set up* by Schultz to do exactly what he did.
Post 53.
It appears that although the knife blade was not extended, that the Leatherman body, with metal plating on the handles, was opened - could be perceived as a knife from a distance.