“They aren’t apparently trained to diffuse such situations”
Actually most larger and medium sized agency officers are well trained and receive in-service training periodically on the subject. He had a person in a reportedly domestic disturbance fire two rounds in front of him. Arm chairing is easy. What if she kept firing and one of her rounds ricocheted and hit someone? What then?
““They aren’t apparently trained to diffuse such situations”
Actually most larger and medium sized agency officers are well trained and receive in-service training periodically on the subject. He had a person in a reportedly domestic disturbance fire two rounds in front of him. Arm chairing is easy. What if she kept firing and one of her rounds ricocheted and hit someone? What then?”
When one shoots there are consequences. Had Granny Dearest fired one shot in front of me, let alone two shots, any reasoned and prudent person would assume their life to be in danger and thus return fire would be justifiable.
Because the officer is white and the female was black and elderly is mere official cowardice, probably due to Jackson/Sharpton Fear Syndrome.
What if she was your mother? Arm chairing is easy, but then so is a shoot everything policy.
I've got $100 that says that the cop wouldn't have shot a family member of his under the exact same circumstances. The job comes with accepting a certain amount of risk, if you are going to 'protect and serve'.
So, going back to your "what if" question, you do eliminate the "what if someone would have gotten hurt?" question by killing the old woman. Do you see the issue with logic trap with that solution?
Underlying point being that there should be better methods for handling crazy people than euthanizing them.