[speeder]

Poor training and tactics almost cost him his life. The very first words out of his mouth should have been, "show me your hands," and he never should have let her get within striking distance until she complied.

This where bias gets cops killed...they think, "young/white/female/etc." and let all common sense defenses down. I guarantee that if someone from a different category was acting like that, he'd have responded differently. I'm glad that he's going to survive but that is just pure luck on his part.