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Originally Posted by MortonH
Very different scenarios. Even if they got him, that car is still moving, not to mention the number of people nearby.
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My point was that 'moving in' whether by shooting, trying to grab him, etc. is fraught with danger of making things worse, hence why the police stood off him for as long as they did.
Given that this wasn't a terrorist attack, the police did what they thought was the least dangerous thing, which was not to engage him. If he hadn't been surrounded by people giving him attention by taking videos, and if the guys with the baseball bats had let the police do their job, the outcome might have been different.