Two of our officers were recently involved in a shooting, a mental with a knife attacked one officer and stabbed him in the side. The mental fell down after stabbing the officer and got back up to attack again when the second officer shot and killed him.
Reading the article, this guy seemed to be a veteran officer, which usually means you've been in a number of fights. I'm sure he first tried to calm the guy down but after that it went downhill. The article says the naked guy was muscular so I believe he's probably doped up. This is a bad combination for a policeman, deranged, drugged and strong.
I was wondering if he had any backup. I've been in a number of battles with people much bigger than me, and drugged up too. Like I say, I just thank God I keep practing my martial arts. Sometimes you don't have time to get to pepper spray, your gun or anything else. It gets pretty hairy when someone tries to take your gun.
People out of their minds can be awefully strong. About thirty years ago, a guy told me about an incident involving his girlfriend who was trung out on drugs. She went wild and he grabbed her and tried to calm by hugging her. He was well over six foot and well over 200, a former college football player. She was an ex-cheerleader, slender and a foot shorter. Well, you know where I am going. His comment was that handling her was harder than tackling a full back coming at him going full tilt. They soon broke up because, my friend said, he was physically afraid of her.