re: Police warn man “don’t go for the knife.” He went for the knife

He ain't working for anyone now.

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First, always have your weapon and eyes on the suspect

Second, realize that with in 20ft a guy with a knife can get you

Third, be mentally prepared to fire directly into center mass

That cop did none of those

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Glad the cops appear to be okay but the one who he tried to slash should be on administrative leave with no pay for a week or so. How do you stand that close to a guy with a nearby weapon without having your gun drawn?

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Inexcusable really. Once the knife was on the ground they should have separated it from the dude with guns drawn. That shite shows you just how fast a situation can turn sideways. That took what, like MAYBE one second for the dude to grab the knife and be on the cop? He's very lucky he didn't get stabbed or worse.

I'll never forget that video from like 15-20 years ago of cops in (I think) Brazil or somewhere like that, and they were dealing with a psycho with a gigantic kitchen knife in a field next to a fence. And they were all just standing around not killing the dude. I guess maybe they didn't have guns or something like that. But this dude would just run and lunge at them every now and then and slash them to pieces. IIRC, he killed at least 2 or 3 of the cops. And the amount of time it took him to do it was incredibly small. Like 2-3 seconds and he was on someone and murdering them, And the other cops were still just standing like 15-20 feet away the entire time. I wonder if that video is still on the internet...