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Originally Posted by Sliver
If the taser didn't work and the guy had a knife, it didn't look like they had a lot of choice. Looks like they were kind of trapped on a balcony with no place to safely retreat.
We've all seen a lot of videos of police acting inappropriately. This video doesn't look like a clear case of that since we can't even see the guy they killed, but we can see the police had nowhere to go if he was indeed coming toward them with a knife.
What would you have them do in this case?
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I'm not going to say the police acted inappropriately but I will question police procedure, why did they have to do anything? he doesnt have a hostage, he's in his house, I suppose he's a danger to himself but shooting him isnt a better alternative to just leaving him in there, if you really have to go in you dont go in through the balcony, you dont go in until you have enough officers wearing enough riot gear that a 65 year old with a knife isnt actually a threat, prison officers and high secure mental health staff disarm knife wielding patients and prisoners all the time, there's a technique for it they train for, perhaps the answer is to call up the local prison and ask for some help training