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Originally Posted by Zulu29
The problem is in many instances the law will state "you shall" arrest, there is no wiggle room in that. As for the potential shootout, of course that's not ideal, but if a guy is gonna shoot at you, you are pretty much out of options. This is where training takes over and hopefully your rounds hit the guy centre mass and none miss.
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Yes, but my thoughts are that the police created the dangerous situation by pulling out their guns. They didn't even attempt to talk to him. They had their guns out instantaneously. So I do think they had the right to shoot him after he came so close with a knife, but the situation didn't have to escalate so fast.
I bet if this happened in Canada, the cops would have handled this much better.