Do not bring a pipe to a gun fight.
The kid most likely has some kind of bipolar disorder or Schizophrenia.
That, unlike many quick marginal incidents, is a good shoot, as the saying goes.
This young man belongs in an asylum, or at least needs to be thoroughly detoxed and examined.
Back to the shooting range, until a 3-inch center-of-mass grouping can be achieved.
These cameras are paying off. In the past, this could have been some kid walking through the ally going to a bible study. Now, we know it was a welder wielding weally wong weapon.
I was impressed that the officer was backing away from the perp for forty seconds. Sounds like the cop did everything to avoid pressing the situation.
Well, DOH!
Never point ANYTHING at a cop or security officer when stopped in traffic, or asked to stop for questioning anywhere. If you are black and have anger issues, or any color and otherwise mentally impaired, have it tattooed on your arm.
It's not rocket science.
We don't need law enforcement procedures and training reform.
We need anti-social, indolent, drug-addled criminal thug reform!