Clinically-Inane t1_j30u2x6 wrote
Reply to comment by vexingsilence in AG: Police shot and killed teenager allegedly armed with knife in Gilford | New Hampshire Public Radio by ACOdysseybeatsRDR2
Are you not aware riot shields exist? Do you know the cops in Gilford could have had one each when going anywhere near that house (fully knowing they were meeting someone armed and dangerous) if our approach to law enforcement in the US was sensible? Or probably even if those cops had wanted them?
That video is cops in the UK squaring off against a man running around outside with a machete, and they successfully disarm him. Similar has happened plenty of times, just usually not in the US
Before you say “these situations aren’t even comparable!”— they’re very different situations, yes. The point is it’s definitely possible to stop/disarm/detain someone with a deadly weapon without just going “Everybody STK if you’re scared!”
There are always new ways to do old things, and we come up with them constantly. We can do this one too, we just need to give enough of a shit about it
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