Did you actually watch the video? One of the officers comes around behind the counter and covers the robber with here firearm, and that probably had quite a bit to do with why the robber surrenders his weapon to the owner who gives it to the police officer.
That's not "standing down", that's stopping an armed robbery in progress.
I couldn’t tell from the video what was happening, was going by the written description.
Good. Thanks.
That commentary was from the tweet, not mine. Did the robbery happen or not? It’s hard to tell.