With everything that's going on, simply firing your weapon is exposing yourself to the potential ruin of your life, your family's life, and the forfeiture of your freedom. He could have not fired the shots, and let the poor girl get stabbed to death and done nothing. Instead he chose to save that girl's life, and risk his life liberty and pursuit of happiness. He is a hero.
This is under the incorrect assumption that knife stabs will likely end in death.
Knife wounds that aren’t accidental, but are from another angry person, leads to deaths most of the time.
And if he's too scared to interact with a knife wielding obese 16 year old girl then perhaps he's in the wrong profession. I'm not calling him a murderer under the circumstances. But he's no hero.
If he didn’t interact at that moment, the other girl would be either be severely injured, or in the hospital.
Yes on this. Witnesses were in fear of their lives. This was not just a cop making the wrong decision, this was an out of control girl visibly acting to threaten people with a lethal weapon and not backing down. There was a reasonable suspicion of homicidal action in the immediate future. It is irrational to say 'we must hold off because we don't know what she'll do next." She was visibly threatening people's lives and not stopping, and that was reason to stop her with lethal force.
Also, I guess this goes into how you define a hero. I would not call Kyle Rittenhouse a hero for instance, despite the amount of danger he put himself in and was able to get out of. The reason Kyle Rittenhouse is not a hero, is because his actions were in the defense of himself and not in the defense of others. Sure his original intent may have been to defend a car park, but he was driven away from that mission long before the incident happened. Contrast this with the cop in this scenario, where he is risking much of his livelihood in order to save someone in imminent danger. I consider it heroic to put any amount of yourself at risk in order to help someone else, with no potential to personally gain from it.
With everything that's going on, simply firing your weapon is exposing yourself to the potential ruin of your life, your family's life, and the forfeiture of your freedom. He could have not fired the shots, and let the poor girl get stabbed to death and done nothing. Instead he chose to save that girl's life, and risk his life liberty and pursuit of happiness. He is a hero.
Knife wounds that aren’t accidental, but are from another angry person, leads to deaths most of the time.
If he didn’t interact at that moment, the other girl would be either be severely injured, or in the hospital.
Yes on this. Witnesses were in fear of their lives. This was not just a cop making the wrong decision, this was an out of control girl visibly acting to threaten people with a lethal weapon and not backing down. There was a reasonable suspicion of homicidal action in the immediate future. It is irrational to say 'we must hold off because we don't know what she'll do next." She was visibly threatening people's lives and not stopping, and that was reason to stop her with lethal force.
Most gun shots don't end in death either. Doesn't diminish the fact that guns put the recipient in mortal danger. Just like knives.
Also, I guess this goes into how you define a hero. I would not call Kyle Rittenhouse a hero for instance, despite the amount of danger he put himself in and was able to get out of. The reason Kyle Rittenhouse is not a hero, is because his actions were in the defense of himself and not in the defense of others. Sure his original intent may have been to defend a car park, but he was driven away from that mission long before the incident happened. Contrast this with the cop in this scenario, where he is risking much of his livelihood in order to save someone in imminent danger. I consider it heroic to put any amount of yourself at risk in order to help someone else, with no potential to personally gain from it.
You dumb son of a whore. Prove it, punk
The only "interaction" a knife wielding maniac deserves is a bullet to the fucking skull