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Originally Posted by Charlatan
All I can say is if a guy (not a cop) just a guy with a gun (they were plainclothes not bobbies) pointed at me my flight or fight would be running overtime...
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So, you don't think they identified themselves as police when they pulled guns and chased him? Do you really think you could outrun twenty guys shooting at you?
Being confronted with one plainclothes person screaming that they are police and pointing a gun at you is one thing, he might be a robber or something. With 20 of them doing it, the chances of it being a robber diminishes greatly. And you'd think that if you were scared because people were chasing you, you wouldn't essentially run into a dead end, you might instead run somewhere that normally had uniformed police present.
Your point about fight or flight is a good one. Personally, if I had somebody that I thought was a criminal or twenty after me, I'd open fire while taking cover, with the intent of staying put until the Cavalry arrived. I sure as hell wouldn't do something to put others in danger, like running into a crowded place and using other people for cover...