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Originally Posted by kutulu
Well, it is their job, they are trained to disarm people holding knives. Fuck, my 18 yr brother (3rd degree black belt) has martial arts training and could have disarmed him with little harm to either one and he doesn't wear a vest! A cop wearing riot gear could have safely disarmed him. Instead they shoot first and ask questions later.
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I'm not sure what type of training cops where you are receive but no cop here is "trained" to put themselves at risk of getting stabbed or slashed in the process of taking a knife out of someones hand. Just the other night there was a guy who held police at bay carrying a sword and a battle axe. Should they have used their "training" to simply disarm him or should they have called a 3rd degree black belt to do the job? No, I guess sending the black belt in would be a bad idea. If he or someone else got hurt, then they would sue the police for not protecting them also.