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This opinion that the officer had a duty to enter the house, could someone show me a department policy that says that. ?
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The woman in the video (wife?) asked him to. We clearly heard her say she was afraid he was going to harm himself. What police agency DOESN'T have a policy that their officers are supposed to intervene when someone is in danger? Isn't that the very reason we have police? Or are they only there to write up the report after the guy stabs himself or someone else?
It's a simple equation: Command to drop knife + dropped knife = no gunshot wound. The other option is equally simple: Commmand to drop knife - dropped knife = 5 rounds to COM.
There were TWO people in that room making decisions, yet only the decisions of the officer seem to be getting second-guessed here. Those who criticize the cop for his actions seem more than happy to give the knife wielder a pass. The decision that caused that guy to die wasn't made by the officer; it was made by the guy with the knives.