when you get your "Take An Armed Lunatic to Lunch" campaign going please let us know.
Killing the mentally ill should be a last resort. From the article, it didn’t sound like they were out of options.
Yes, I’m capable of dealing with a crazy with a knife without killing them. I’ve done it.
The number one job of a policeman is not to maximize their own survival. If they can’t accept that, they should get a different job. I’ve read a lot of stories concerning police responding to a person suffering a psychotic break. Despite being told that the person is crazy, they show up, demand the person drop the non-firearm weapon, and then shoot to kill from 30 ft away.
Most of these situations should be control and constrain, and are not time critical. If you have an older relative with dimentia, do you really want them treated the same as an armed robber?