What was witnessed was two kids walking down the middle of the street in defiance after robbing a store. An officer directs them to the sidewalk, and one guy punches the cop in the face while attempting to take his gun. The rest is no more than bombastic rhetoric. The guy in st louis, was directed to put down his knife, instead he jump up on a wall, knife in hand postured to attack. This attitude is what the broader community experiences everyday, and knows that only the police are authorized to address it. No, perhaps death doens't have to be the result, and more than likely the Police are becoming risk adverse, but we all have rule to follow, and I, for example, wouldn't have walked down the middle of the street to begin with.
What was witnessed was two kids walking down the middle of the street in defiance after robbing a store. An officer directs them to the sidewalk, and one guy punches the cop in the face while attempting to take his gun. The rest is no more than bombastic rhetoric. The guy in st louis, was directed to put down his knife, instead he jump up on a wall, knife in hand postured to attack. This attitude is what the broader community experiences everyday, and knows that only the police are authorized to address it. No, perhaps death doens't have to be the result, and more than likely the Police are becoming risk adverse, but we all have rule to follow, and I, for example, wouldn't have walked down the middle of the street to begin with.