Yes training, like why did he command the guy to crawl to him instead of telling him to keep his hands on his head as he went over and cuffed him?
Because it's so much easier to jump on someone with, let's say, a knife, while crawling. Because it's not like crawling person doesn't have both hands occupied to support some body weight. Also, if someone is crawling, then in case of another party that shows up and decides to shoot, potential suspect won't get killed.
That being said, let me see this video *goes to watch*
And to answer your question: Yeah, let's go over to him, without any knowledge if there isn't extra party in the room he got out of, that can jump out and shoot us.
14:15 - "Are you both drunk?" "No" and "No" which obviously was a lie and already says a lot. Who knows how it would go if they said the truth?
16:43 - I am shocked he didn't shoot him at this very moment... dude put his hands behind his back and he could have pulled a gun out and shoot.
17:00 - See what's going on? Dude for unknown reason put his hand behind his back. Exact same risk like in 16:43, but this time followed with a response.
It's such easy to judge, but just look and listen how the cop acts and to his voice, he is nervous as his own life may be on the line, he gives too much slack and bam, he is dead.
For a viewer, this situation will be much more emotional due to victim sobbing and begging to not shoot him. But this doesn't mean anything, we know it wasn't acting, but that cop at the very moment couldn't have known. He was trained to react to certain types of movements and he did.
As I said before, there are always bad apples in every place, even police force. But judging whole group by actions of few is stupid. Most people that are against cops, either met with such bad apple, were in situation they didn't understand or are just young, emotional and very revolutionary (fight the system!) without understanding on how it all works. By same logic, we should treat today's Germany as 4th Reich and it's citizens as nazis... Which is just pure stupidity.
I am not going to say that this could have been handled better, because every single time AFTER the event we realize it could have been handled better. No shit, Sherlock.
I am also not going to say he did the right thing, because in my personal opinion, he didn't, but... it was his decision and the way he handled this situation. He should be judged solely on that. Judging whole police force over those actions and deciding they are all like that? Ridicules. It may be a case to study and learn from it to tailor appropriate actions for such cases in the future, assuming it can be done without putting police officers under extra risk (Whaaa? They do stuff in a way so they aren't killed? Whaaaaaaaaaat?! I know, fucking surprising, ain't it?).
In the end, this police officer will be judged, he killed a man. I do believe that he may need a longer break from work and some help from a specialist.
Always think what you would do in such case: You are called because you got informed that there is an armed guy, he acts weird, your life is on the line. You don't know if he is reaching for a gun and if he is, you may get killed.
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