Suicide by cop. It's possible the officer recognized this and wanted to stall. I have little issue with the retreat. My only critique is that the officer would likely been better off retreating back to the patrol car where it serves as a barrier and possibly access to more weapons. I get the "drawing the line" but make sure the line is genuinely needed where it was drawn. If I have traffic shut down and no pedestrians, way more leeway. 3rd parties too close, line will be closer. With mental health problems only growing worse, suicide by cop is only going to get worse and we are not going to shoot our way out of this. Our measured response demonstrates how much value we place on the life of the person in crisis.
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It is shocking, maybe not to the coppers here, how much of "crime" is simply manifestation of the collapse of public mental health.
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I haven't watched the video since it originally came out but didn't the video from the non-shooter cop have a taser drawn on the guy? It looked like to me the perp. saw the taser and purposefully tried to avoid that cop and went for the one with the handgun instead. Body language appeared to indicate he was wanting to get shot/killed vs "shocked" and apprehended.