if tasing an 87-year-old woman is the only response you have to someone *not setting down a knife* you might not be cut out for even a mildly to moderately stressful career
imagine trying to justify that to your friends later
“look, a knife is a dangerous weapon”
“omg the old lady came at you with a knife?”
“well no”
“she pointed it at you”
“not exactly”
“...”
“I told her to set it down”
“...and?”
“and she didn’t”
“...omfg Kevin”
“look, a knife is a dangerous weapon”
“omg the old lady came at you with a knife?”
“well no”
“she pointed it at you”
“not exactly”
“...”
“I told her to set it down”
“...and?”
“and she didn’t”
“...omfg Kevin”
“what was she even doing walking around in public with a knife?”
“oh, she was across the street from her house, picking dandelions”
“with a big knife? that’s shady”
“um, it was a steak knife”
“OH FFS KEVIN ARE YOU KIDDING ME”
“oh, she was across the street from her house, picking dandelions”
“with a big knife? that’s shady”
“um, it was a steak knife”
“OH FFS KEVIN ARE YOU KIDDING ME”
new rule: you don’t get to be a cop if you can’t take a steak knife off an 87-year-old woman without the use of potentially lethal force
learn how to take a weakly thrust steak knife to the arm or turn in your badge you cowards
I am fully confident that if an 87-year-old woman came at me with a steak knife, I could take her down with my bare hands.
I don’t think it’s out of line to expect police officers to be at least as capable as...me.
I don’t think it’s out of line to expect police officers to be at least as capable as...me.
I would do it, too. You come at me with a steak knife and I don’t care how old you are, you’re going down, bitch.
Gently tho, because you probably have dementia and don’t know what you’re doing and I wouldn’t want to break your hip.
Gently tho, because you probably have dementia and don’t know what you’re doing and I wouldn’t want to break your hip.
