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Originally Posted by Peanut
Watch out Mel. That's apparently the stupidest question that's been asked all month on CP. 
I'm not justifying anything that happened. I think I was pretty clear stating I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE POLICE PROTOCOL IS in that very same post. I was just wondering about "what if's". I'm not looking to engage in a legal or law enforcement expertise debate, because I don't have any expertise in either area.
I was simply wondering to myself "why didn't they storm the streetcar? There seemed to be about 10 cops and only 1 guy with a knife? Maybe they were worried he had a bomb?" and I thought I'd join the discussion with my (apparently) idiotic questions and see if someone more qualified than me might have an informed opinion as to why they didn't just tackle or taser the guy. Or bring in a negotiator. Or really do anything else other than shooting the guy 9 times. |
They probably didn't storm the streetcar because there was a guy with a knife on it, and they didn't feel like getting stabbed.
Your initial post gave 'maybes' as a possible reason for shooting, I simply pointed out that 'maybes' aren't good enough.
Btw, I didn't say that your question was idiotic. Don't go tarring everyone because one person responded to you in a certain way.