Another hero cop

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Why wasn't this lunatic in a mental hospital or something? He was obviously unhinged.
I don't actually think its the cops fault if he was cornered. If the guy was waving it around then it could of been a pen knife or anything.
I think the fault belongs solely to the people who thought it a good idea to let out such a physically and mentally vulnerable person prone to violent threats.
No, sorry. I don't think its the cops fault on this occasion. It only takes one arm to shank some internal organs.

Not that I necessarily disagree, but how does a double-amputee in a wheelchair outmaneuver and corner a cop who has two arms and two legs? If he had one arm he couldn't move the chair and swing around the pen at the same time, could he? It just seems kind of unusual...

"Police spokeswoman Jodi Silva said the man cornered the officer in his wheelchair and was making threats while trying to stab the officer with the pen. At the time, the officer did not know what the metal object was that the man was waving, Silva said.
She said the man came "within inches to a foot" of the officer and did not follow instructions to calm down and remain still."


"The caretaker who called police waited on the porch while the officers went inside, she said.
"It was close quarters in the area of the house," Silva said. "The officer was forced into an area where he had no way to get out." "

He was cornered with a lunatic desperately trying to stab him with a metal object, what would you do?