Police are attacked all the time, with all kinds of weapons, it is the nature of the job, and I for one think that's terrible but the question is why do we accept that cops shoot people dead with a knife when they are no more a threat (and in truth far less) than someone in a car, we don't accept the cops shooting drivers dead because they refused to get out of their car and yet we are fine with cops killing someone with a knife.
I'm not saying its fine that people try and stab policemen, I am saying policemen don't have to shoot someone with a knife, there is always a less deadly option, such as backing up, that N American police don't bother waiting or training for or really think about much.
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