> There are no right answers to wrong questions. <
I could actually see my hypothetical being presented to a police recruit. It wouldn’t be quite fair, but I could see it happening. After all, such situations do occur in real life.
I was hoping for a less lawyer-like response from you, but that’s OK. It was a tricky question.
“It was a tricky question.”
It was a wrong question.
For something remotely applicable, one would need a moving suspect. He turns, he identifies you, you see his face change—fight or flight becomes “fight.” His chin stiffens, then he makes a grab for his pocket.
Just seeing someone with his hand in his pocket doesn’t mean a thing.