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"If the officer was really in fear for his life, how does he let a 16 yo get close enough to poke him with a bayonet?"

Because he was trying to do as you suggest and not hurt him. He tried handling it calmly.

"If it happened as stated, why does the officer not take the boy down as I'm sure "he has been trained" to do without killing him?"

Because you are trained to do that when possible but when their is a life in immediate risk you cannot take the chances. It is him or you.

"but don't the cops ever take a risk to try and help the confused? It was a kid."

It sounds like that was what he was doing when he got poked with the bayonet.

You don't understand it is a cops nightmare to kill someone and not something done for fun. This guy probably can't live with himself tonight. I KNOW this man would not do anything but what was absolutely necessary.