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I think the issue is that most peoples' experience with a "sword" is those awful stainless wobbly things from flea markets that couldn't cut cardboard, and that would just fly apart if you tried.
A real katana made of folded, beaten and tempered carbon steel can be frightfully sharp, and a slash with one can cause a deep, deep laceration or cut someone's throat in the blink of an eye. Think of it as a really long straight razor. They were slashing swords, not whacking swords.
And unfortunately, when someone is waving one around, there's no way to tell whether it's a $10 flea market dull junker or a $700 actual sharp one, and if the officer is wrong, they can be dead in a hurry.
Thus, shoot.
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