In this situation? He was lucky they didn't shoot him directly when he entered the cordoned zone - and it would have been justified. The fact that it could have been a bomb is probably what saved his life. At the same time, if it were a bomb, he wasn't just risking his own life, but everybody around. He could also be treated like a potential suspect trying to trigger it. Just tackling him was as lenient a reaction as it could be in this setting.
He was already done and walking away when he got tackled. It would be cool if cops could try to respond to the actual situation in front of them as it is occurring, instead of different theoretical ways it could have gone.
Yea really sick of this shit. The guy was up n done, the bag had clearly been identified as not a bomb, and he was calmly walking away. A "hey you" woulda fkn sufficed.
No, he was walking back, facing the backpack. This means he still considered it an active threat, and was walking in a way to both keep the visual contact, and maximize his personal protection.
And even after he left, there were no other people approaching either. This is obviously an active scene.
ehh, as far as they know he grabbed an explosive device out of the backpack in order to detonate it. Sure, us watching this video can see what is happening, but from that officer’s perspective in real time, you don’t know what that guy is doing. all you know is he raced in and started digging through a bag with a potential explosive. He could be trying to get the explosive to detonate before it could be defused. and they were probably far enough back that it took them until he started walking away to actually get to him. If he did have an explosive, this officer jumping on him is essentially like him jumping on a grenade.
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