CGofMP
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The LEO escalated the situation by closing in on the guy until he had nowhere to go but forward,
Uhm... with all due respect, the JOB of LEO is to close in on people who are impolite enough to offer a deadly threat to the public or other officers. Real sorry if it escelates the situation.
By this measure the cops should NEVER make contact with suspects as almost every time there is a few seconds where things can and do go either way. Sometimes the LEOs presence diffuses the situation and sometimes the presence of an authority figure makes things worse for a few minutes.
When things get worse someone can get hurt.. that is just the way things play out.
Again, the only option you then leave open for the cops is to let the people that show a tendency to escelate walk.
We are not dealing with children refusing to go to time-out here... we are dealing with a suspect who has violent tendencies and is exhibiting the clear and present potential of using them at the point of a knife.
Some people's idea of knife wielding suspects are not exactly in keeping with reality.
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