Excuse me, but I call BS. Our cops have always shot people who came at them with knives and much quicker. This de-escalation BS that has been pushed is now starting to get officers hurt more often and it won’t be long when the definitive documentation comes out.
My fathers generation of cops did not have OC, Tasers, or body armor. The did have batons that they used liberally when it was needed.
His generation did not cry about knife wielding idiots getting shot.
I don’t look for other nations that import muslims to their own demise as a benchmark on proper police procedure.
Concur. My grandfather was a cop in a small town in the 30s. If someone pulled a knife on a cop, they got shot or a beatdown- regardless of the reason. It was a prophylactic against future violence.
The difference is that the crazy people were sent away or kept at home (no drugs back then), and an article like this would have never been picked up by national news.
You are absolutely correct. The new nonsense being taught in training cops is producing more violent encounters, not fewer. There is a video of 2 Las Vegas cops arguing with a guy about his getting out of his vehicle. After a few minutes, he pulled a gun and shot at both of them (both were hit but not seriously wounded). The perp was shot and killed. If the cops had not been taught the so-called “de-escalation” routine, they would have tased or pepper sprayed him as soon as he disobeyed their command and dragged him out of the vehicle. Then nobody would have been shot.
There seem to be several Freepers who love second-guessing cops and don’t seem all that bothered when an officer is hurt rather than a thug. Let them try doing a cop’s job for a while where split-second decisions could result in death.