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Originally Posted by Azure
It doesn't matter if you say the cops shouldn't have put themselves into that position.
They were there, it happened, what should they have done?
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Wait and do nothing in this situation. Even if it escalated further he still has the option of hitting the gas and running people over.
Call for back up. There are lots of other cruisers with officers that aren’t trapped in their vehicles.
Use the speaker to make demands of the protestors to back off and clearly inform them that you will be slowly moving forward to remove the vehicle from the situation.
Slowly escalate the level of force being used.
I think I’m general that when footage like this is released they should add commentary based on police policy for the situation of how the officer should be handling it. Right from the start of engagement onward. This way we no whether to blame policy, blame the officer or accept that its part of policing. It’s the same as the NHL not releasing sensible decision justifications for penalties and video reviews.