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by RubberbandSoul 966 days ago
There's a person waving a knife or gun around in public threatening to commit suicide. Now what?

There's a person threatening suicide in public and then pulling out a knife or gun when the authorities show up. Now what?

It's easy to be an armchair law enforcement expert and dream up scenarios where the good guys always wins. But reality doesn't conform to your utopian ideas.