Not at all.
1 They are neither. They are just as able and competent to use a baseball bat in lethal manner as a sane person. The only difference is their perception of necessity and motivation, i.e.
There is another very important difference. They are innocent. They are one of the people that police are supposed to serve and protect.
If the police are just going to shoot these people, like mad dogs, then people need to stop calling the police to help subdue them.
Um no, crazy does not imply innocence. Crazy people commit crimes all the time. Sometimes they know what they are doing is wrong, sometimes they can’t, but regardless of their ability to distinguish right from wrong their ability be an imminent threat is undiminished.
And for that matter guilt or innocence has nothing to do with causing an imminent threat or self defense.
Cops aren’t supposed to be deciding innocence or guilt in the first place, much less shooting or not shooting people based on their assessment of same.
That is a straw man argument.