Originally Posted by Resurrection

Being a cop is tough. That's why we give them guns and handcuffs and let them shoot and detain people when necessary. Was it necessary for that guy to be shot to death? I'm not a cop, nor am I trained in any way to deal with scenarios like this. But I suspect that simply having a knife and not responding to commands isn't worthy of death. Why not taze the guy? Why are you shooting at centre of mass to kill? I don't think its reasonable to ask cops to go hand to hand with a guy wielding a knife but isn't there a middle ground between hand to knife combat and 5+rounds to centre of mass?