If she was so harmless, why did they call the police? Why didn’t they just disarm her? You don’t need the police to do that.
They didn't. The victim did.
In a 911 call made to the Green Cove Springs, Delafield can be heard telling a dispatcher that she believed she was in danger:
I have long believed that the worst thing you can do is to call the Po-Po on a mentally ill family member.
I’m reminded of another case where a family called the police after their schizophrenic son was in the kitchen with a knife.
The family waited outside for the police to arrive and informed him of the situation. They clearly told the cop that nobody else was inside, but the cop charged in and was “forced” to shoot their son.
The officer clearly escalated the situation (yes) and then claimed self defense.
It’s just not worth it.