How can I put this tactfully without writing a novel.I think it's the unevenness of the weapons. One guy with a knife, several cops with loaded guns. IF the domestic abuser hadn't been shot, had reached the cops, what would have happened? He would have been overwhelmed and taken down, put in the back of a cruiser and taken to jail. Would he really have been able to stab one of them to death first when they all saw him coming and were prepared? I dunno. But I think that's where the complaint probably lies.
It is not the police's job to be killed.
It is not the police's job to be maimed.
It is not the police's job to be injured.
If a suspected criminal is so far out of control that police pointing guns at them doesn't immediately make them realize that failure to disarm themselves is a recipe for disaster...what do you expect police to do?
It is the police's job to handle situations without escalating the situation. Mentally ill people should not be gunned down.