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Originally Posted by New Era
Just a comment on this. There were three officers on scene and they completely failed to contain the guy. Would you not say that is a total failure of the basic training officers receive in academy?
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It's tough to say, because I currently can't watch the video, and last saw it a couple days ago. I also don't know how they are trained. I know that since it was already at 'guns drawn' stage when the video starts, there have been multiple points of failure.
I can surmise, that since he's not shot while he's behind (relative to the camera viewpoint) the suv, that the cops aren't "trigger happy cowboys".
I know that officers with guns drawn will try to keep a certain distance, and in that distance, there's a lot of room to maneuver for someone so-minded.
There is always room for improvement, and since the optimal outcome did not happen here, there were clearly points of failure. Were they 100% completely avoidable so that the optimal outcome could have been attained...I don't know, and I won't guess.
But yes...there were multiple points of failure here