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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Vaguely threatening tools? 5 seconds and any grown man could kill an individual with a screwdriver. Well assuming it's a phillips. Definitely wouldn't bring a wallet to a screwdriver fight.
I don't know what world people live in where they think a screwdriver isn't dangerous. We're squishy, really squishy. The difference between a screwdriver and a knife in a grown man's hand is pretty much you can slash with a knife, if it's still a deadly weapon to anyone who wants it to be.
Unfortunately the officers were called to a location where a grown man was mentally disturbed and threatening harm to others. When they get there, the door is opened and he's there with a weapon. When he doesn't drop it, after being told to do so, and advances towards the very close by police, they don't have other options. They can't call in a psychiatrist while the man rips through their intestines.
Ideally, if possible, they should have had more distance from the door but there's also the factor that there was an innocent bystander in the home, who they also had an obligation to protect.
Given what transpired, I can't blame the officers.
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Here's a thought. They could back up. They could draw him away from the innocent bystanders, stand behind their cars, they could do any number of things before shooting him to death.
Screwdrivers aren't so benign as to be a non threat. Multiple officers still have to be capable of handing that situation in a manner that sees everyone alive tomorrow. And if they cannot do that, they should find other careers.