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I guess, then, had the officers been standing on the sidewalk going through the process of ensuring the suspect did not pose any danger to them, and this woman was standing on her property within inches of the police action, you’d be okay with that? Officers are trained to 1) secure the area for their own safety, and 2) secure the area for the safety of others in the area. In all my travels and all my interactions with members of LEO (no, not that kind of interaction) I’ve yet to meet even one who had the ability to read the minds of those who are within close proximity of a police action. I have, however, read about officers who have been injured or killed by bystanders because the officer(s) didn’t properly secure the area. Officers should be allowed to do their jobs without the possibility of threat through the securing of the area around the police action. That includes all persons, not just ones with a physical appearance that meets someone else’s arbitrary standard of a threat.

"I guess, then, had the officers been standing on the sidewalk going through the process of ensuring the suspect did not pose any danger to them, and this woman was standing on her property within inches of the police action, you’d be okay with that? Officers are trained to 1) secure the area for their own safety, and 2) secure the area for the safety of others in the area."

Actually, officers have no business on anyone's private property unless A). they see a major violent felony or burglary in progress and the homeowner is absent, B.) are summoned or invited onto the property by the owner, and/or C.) have a warrant.

Otherwise, the property owner is within their rights to do whatever they wish to on their property as long as they're not threatening imminent violence towards the police.....Whether the fraidy-cop likes it or not.

What kind of authoritarian society do you want here? You obviously have no respect for freedom, liberty, or the Constitution based on what I've read of yours.