Why do they always idolise thugs
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It was irresponsible to even be that close to the door to begin with. He was literally hit before he likely even saw the fucker.
Otherwise, based on the way he kept looking at doors and such it felt like he was concerned about collateral if he started shooting. Might be too generous an assumption, but its what came to mind when I watched it.
He got a little complacent, probably because I'll bet the call wasn't "I want to stab people." Or at least that info wasn't passed, otherwise he'd never have gone in alone in the first place.
He's right to be worried about over-penetration, but shooting the suspect in the hallway which is in line with their apartment is probably the best bet.
I'm willing to bet he was looking at doors because he got stabbed in the face, and his brain turned off, his reptile brain went full fight-or-flight mode, and he was trying to back away and run into a room to hide in; which would explain why he didn't shoot: he was still thinking "Run away!" until he remembered he had a gun.
All of his training fell out of his brain. I'm not gonna bash anyone too bad on that, (because "everyone has a plan until they get
punched in the facestabbed in the head") but it was something that did nearly kill him. So it's time for some remedial action. It's about as bad as this incident from Oklahoma City. Now contrast that with this dude from Madesto PD.Part of proper training is to always be ready for it to be the worst case scenario, and part of being a good cop is being able to navigate a situation properly while also being ready for it to go south (as in, not shooting for no reason due to over paranoia or the opposite in this case).
This is especially true if blacks are around. Like, "around blacks, never relax" isn't just a meme racism. Its legitimately a very important mantra based on a century of consistent evidence.
You are probably right though about the panic. Was just a thought in my mind watching, but as I am not in the situation itself its a useless thought.
Honestly, that mantra does more harm than good because it makes you relax around non-blacks, and it is meme racism (that's actually it's entire point). There is a reason that being a cop is a genuinely dangerous profession and relying on stereotypes is not going to help you when you are pre-disposed to encounter the worst possible case studies.
It's meant to program you to the worst possible outcome with blacks, which leads to inappropriate uses of force and unnecessary confrontation; allowing you to get complacent with non-blacks that might be showing subtle signs of a serious and lethal threat that you didn't pick up on.
Unlike almost any other profession, a cop can't ever get complacent with anyone, because you can't actually know that the person you're calmly talking to is planning on pulling a gun and shooting you in the face. The most dangerous people are the ones who are aware of the stereotypes and play to them as a weapon: well dressed 9/11 hijackers, female suicide bombers, so on and so forth.
Yeah, and they are usually a couple magnitudes safer around random non-blacks than they are around blacks. We've got pretty good history and stats to back that up, and any of us who actually lived around blacks long term have a good feel for the difference between those two situations thanks to the training called "life."
Especially because its only one group of people who sung "Cop Killer" into a top album and created the very situation where cops must live on edge at all times. If the "worst possible outcome" comes for them, then its called getting what you created.