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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
As I said, unlikely, and none of the cops was badly hurt, which is the point, for the police a knife wielding assailant isn't generally a deadly threat, they have the time and space to not kill them if they choose to, all to often the police have decided to kill someone with a knife that, once the police have arrived is no longer a threat to anyone else, doesn't have to be subdued straight away, can be left to rant and threaten while the scene is contained and a non lethal plan is put together.
What the police are really being is impatient, in their mind the threat has to be eliminated in a couple of seconds no matter what the cost to the suspect where as in the UK they don't have that option.
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So,
your definition of unlikely = said event happens not 24 hours before your post.
and
being stabbed unaware in the neck = minor injury, and not a deadly threat.
