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This is a wild story about
Honestly I think in this case the cops responded as they should. They tried teasing him and that didn’t do anything and then he tried to take a rifle from them. At that point they didn’t have a lot of options.
Bullshit, man.
Clock the dude with the handle of a pistol in his head.
Kick him in the balls.
Run away from him.
Blind him.
Not that I agree with some of those options, but my point is, executing a man who clearly needs help ain't it
Run away. Great idea, now there's somebody undergoing a psychotic episode and acting violently running around with an assault rifle.
I didn't say the person got ahold of the rifle. That would be stupid.
Ok fine, running around with a different weapon and acting violently. Still not something where the police should say "who cares, not my problem"
I didn't say they leave the scene lol!
Just put some distance and re-assess.
Imagine if all of us acted like that. You have a brother, a daughter, an uncle with a mental breakdown, and the first thing a passer-by comes up with is "oh hell naw, let's kill this person!"