Why do they always idolise thugs
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I'm no big fan of police, but this was yet another instance of the cop showing a massive amount of restraint. Too much, in fact.
It's really frustrating when even behaving in an overly restrained fashion, and getting stabbed in the face for your trouble, still isn't enough to avoid the "racist murderer" label.
Only thing the officer did wrong was not shoot her(?) sooner. And I don't say that because I want people to die, I say that because she was coming at him with a knife. You put yourself in a position where other people have to defend themselves from you...that's on you. She chose to behave in a way that turned her into a person in need of shooting.
Literally an irresponsible amount of restraint which suggests he isn't fit to stay on patrol without retraining.
He was well within his right to shoot her the moment she opened the door. He chose to wait, which was generous. However, once he backed into a corner, he crossed the line from extreme restraint, to reckless restraint.
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.