Christ! it is a good thing these ‘Houston Deputies’ were in possession of fire arms. They would not be able to survive out on their own otherwise.They would be at the mercy of every elementary school aged girls that wanted to pick on them. They would have to be kept in their respective homes and carefully protected by anyone else with a little cojones and backbone.
The officer could not get away from a guy in a wheelchair, armed only with a pen? cornered? feared for his life? What?was he screaming like a little girl.
take foot, place on wheelchair and push. Chair fall over or rolls away. Situation resolved without loss of life.
This sounds to me to be an extreme case of cowardise or he really wanted to kill someone, anyone.
Was Joe Pesci involved ala “Casino”?
Any police officer sent on a call is empowered to shoot one or more living mammals. it is in their training and rules. If there is a dog present then the dog must be shot and shooting a person besides might invite a raised eyebrow at headquarters. This keeps the officers in practice for when the orders come down to confiscate all civilian owned weaponry and arrest all enemies of the state by name or by category.