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Originally Posted by Nage Waza
Someone already posted the famous video that should be required viewing for anyone disputing the actions of the police. At 20 feet, with a knife I can kill a person with a holstered gun. At 20 feet, with a knife I can kill everyone without a gun.
I don't have a solution for what the police should do, but until there is a better option for the police they will be forced to use lethal force. Gun defeats knife only at a set distance. It unfortunately is not a hard lesson to learn, but deadly if you forget it.
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If the passenger side police officer moved to the back of his SUV he would have placed an obstacle in front of himself and forced Powell to either make a hard turn and slowing him down, or walk parallel to the SUV. In both cases the officers would have more time and better opportunities to withdraw or defend themselves. If anyone actually googles Dennis Tueller rather than Tueller drills than you would know that he was trying to emphasis using obstacles and movements to reduce the effectiveness of a straight line attack .