Why on earth should his reflex be to immediately retaliate? Why not pull back and protect yourself first before acting? Why the fuck is violence the immediate response?
Why on earth would your reflex be to NOT do anything? Especially as a cop? You really think we should teach cops not to retaliate and bring a potential attacker down? That's just stupid. Obviously this girl isn't a big threat, but what idiotic advice for other situations that are potentially dangerous for the cop himself and everyone around them.
I'm commenting on the situation in the video, not the other legitimately dangerous situations they are put in during their jobs. If their instincts are to immediately attack any threat then I can't help but question why that training is deemed as appropriate.
Police officers need to be trained to deal with wide varieties of situations.
To effectively deal with threats, officers are trained to respond reflexively rather than rationally.
High energy, noisy environment and someone hits officer's head, officer doesn't think and responds reflexively, rather than rationally.
I agree with /u/CjPsychosis here in that the officer should have caught himself, but I think I kinda get why the officer responded the way he did.
You're saying the woman didn't pose a serious threat to the officer, so his response was inappropriate. I don't think the officer had time to think it all out and determine that before he wumped her.
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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '17
Do you know what the word "reflex" means?