Were the officers unsure what he was holding? Did they think it might be a gun? People need to keep in mind cops are worried for their life, and the life of others and holding a weapon, not showing your hands, etc. is going to put a police officer on edge. There might be a cop that reacts incorrectly and shoots you dead if you are not obedient to his demands and he fears for his life or the life of others. I am not really commenting on this video, I don’t really know what happen so I would not try to defend the cop. But, it does seem like the guy with the knife should have dropped the knife.
I have always thought there are good cops and bad ones. Some people want to be cops becoase they are controlling, seek power, and like driving fast and carrying a gun. But, I think the majority want to help others, and take their job seriously.
Most of my experiences with the police have been good ones.
Growing up I was taught not to trust the police in terms of being vulnerable as a woman. When I moved from MD to FL, my grandmother didn’t like the idea of me driving throught the south with NY plates on my car alone. She paid for my ticket on the auto train to get down there. Part of her fear was that a cop might pull me over for out of state plates and then possibly harm me. Not that there are more bad cops in the south, she just felt my NY pate was a target down there.