[Jeff Head]

You assume he had a taser. My guess is he didn't and that pepper spray was what he had for non-lethal action...and tried to use.

Should he have "run away" and left the public to deal with a disturbed man wielding a machette?

Of course not. He did his job.

He tried to verbally work with the guy, he tried non-lethal means...but a disturbed man with a machette kept coming.

The officer is hired and sworn to uphold the law and protect citizens and so he defended himself and put the disturbed man down. I am sorry it came to that, but I will not fault the officer based on what I know at this point from the reports.

[JAKraig]

You assume he had a taser. My guess is he didn’t and that pepper spray was what he had for non-lethal action...and tried to use.
Should he have “run away” and left the public to deal with a disturbed man wielding a machette?

Of course not. He did his job.

He tried to verbally work with the guy, he tried non-lethal means...but a disturbed man with a machette kept coming.

The officer is hired and sworn to uphold the law and protect citizens and so he defended himself and put the disturbed man down. I am sorry it came to that, but I will not fault the officer based on what I know at this point from the reports.

_____________________________________________________

We really don’t know much about the situation. If he didn’t have a taser he should have waited for one unless the man was threatening someone’s life.

Even if he did decide to shoot, why not wound him? Why ten shots?

If was your kid on drugs doing something stupid you would feel the same as me only you would be screaming at the cops.