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Originally Posted by jeffk
People in a mental health crisis and raging are not CAPABLE of receiving such "messages". You CANNOT reason with them. Such people that are armed with a DEADLY weapon are unpredictable, can have rage fueled strength, and are incredibly dangerous. Frankly, in such confrontations, the safety of others, including the officers, takes precedence over the person in crisis.
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Fact. The sad thing is after these incidents it invariably come out that the guy was a known nut and the friends or neighbors expected a problem or had called the police previously. Unfortunately locking people up for their own good is no longer a thing and then the cops are left to deal with the aftermath and as mentioned they show up with no history and a crazy guy waving a knife around. Then of course, suicide by cop happens too.