Lets create a list of all the things liberals say what the cop should have done

[bluesjuke]

"Based on what I have read and seen...here are the idiotic "ideas" from lamebrain fools:"

Originally Posted by Siberiaboy

You don’t need to do anything unless you are being attacked. If you are you can probably use the taser if in close range. If farther away you can order the person to put hands up. No need to shoot someone unless you are being fired at.

Here's one to add to the list.

[BigCityDreamer]

Originally Posted by ELOrocks17

Instead of shooting the large 16 yr old.

Based on what I have read and seen...here are the idiotic "ideas" from lamebrain fools:

1. Fire a warning shot
2. Use taser
3. Do nothing
4. talk her down

Have you heard any others?

Use telepathy to fling the knife from her hand.

That’s the solution. Everybody knows that.

[Scrat335]

Originally Posted by bus man

The trouble is, in order for such martial arts to be fully effective, they have to be done in slow motion. Which basically means slowing down the space-time continuum. The only people who know how to do that are Asian martial-arts masters and Hollywood producers, and they jealously guard their secret. Maybe if the girl could have been persuaded to hold on for a few minutes before stabbing the girl in pink, maybe they could have brought one of those guys in to handle the situation.

They needed to call in the Shrike from the Hyperion novels. It could manipulate time and grab the knife.

[ELOrocks17]

Originally Posted by BigCityDreamer

Use telepathy to fling the knife from her hand.

That’s the solution. Everybody knows that.

Ahhh...use the force..like a Jedi...hahaha