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Originally Posted by Bent Wookie
I would say presenting facts or opinion based on some sort of background would be an 'expert'. Again, I have made it quite clear one doesn't have to be an expert only that it is important to arm yourself with SOME knowledge, any knowledge of police procedure and tactics. All of his links are one sided stories of alleged police brutality and simply have no business being in this thread other to sensationalize an already sensational story.
As far as your other questions, I can't answer them. Only, if you listen to the audio commentary on the video, you can hear several times people asking where the police were. I can't imagine too many of them would be very sympathetic if the police came and let this guy continue his rampage. Most likely the thread on here would read something like, 'Police called to Rampaging Man @ Vancouver Airport and Do Nothing'.
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So you are saying that potential public response for police inaction might be a valid consideration, yet public response to over zealous action should be discarded? I don't need to be educated in police tactics and training to come to a reasonable conclusion the officers in question had not exhausted all possibilities before resorting to the use of the taser. 25 seconds? Hiding behind procedural manuals is a cop out, and questions do need to be asked.