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Originally Posted by Baz

It was apparent he was not swinging nor was he going to swing it at her or anyone else. She (IMHO) should have figured that out in about 2 seconds. Instead she went into "power trip" mode.

Besides she was way over on the other side of the police cruiser. She could have actually stayed in her damn car and used the PA if she really wanted to play it safe. What a dumbass....smh....

I agree, she seemed to go over the line. I also think the old man shares some of the blame.

My impression was that she was going to ask the guy to put down the golf club, and then she was probably going to approach him to talk to him. How benign or not that talk was going to be is anyones guess. It may have defused and ended in short order or she may have tackled him to the ground. Who knows?

In this day and age when the cops are hated and there are people talking about killing them just because, I can understand being a bit cautious.

Also, with this old man essentially telling the cops, F-you, that sort of behavior is seen and rubs off on the younger generation. And that sort of behavior trickles down to angry 17 year olds that decide to swing at cops or shoot at them. And since that's already a big problem, doesn't it seem like we should be trying to show a good example, rather than making things worse?