"How are cops supposed to know if their attacker is armed or not?"
Wrong question.
The correct questions:
Why are situations allowed to escalate to the point where deadly forced is perceived as necessary.
What occasions police officers to even come into contact with these persons – is stopping or questioning even warranted.
Many of these incidents occur in the context of exceedingly minor alleged crimes, where neither law enforcement or anyone in the general public are in imminent danger.
The incident in Wisconsin this Friday is typical, where there was no good reason for the officer to pursue the suspect based only on anonymous phone calls of an alleged battery, and where the officer himself didn't witness a crime; once the suspect had left the area of the alleged battery and was no longer a danger to the general public or law enforcement, no further action was warranted on the part of the officer.
Wrong question.
The correct questions:
Why are situations allowed to escalate to the point where deadly forced is perceived as necessary.
What occasions police officers to even come into contact with these persons – is stopping or questioning even warranted.
Many of these incidents occur in the context of exceedingly minor alleged crimes, where neither law enforcement or anyone in the general public are in imminent danger.
The incident in Wisconsin this Friday is typical, where there was no good reason for the officer to pursue the suspect based only on anonymous phone calls of an alleged battery, and where the officer himself didn't witness a crime; once the suspect had left the area of the alleged battery and was no longer a danger to the general public or law enforcement, no further action was warranted on the part of the officer.