[gordner]

They may have acted in a way that prevented further escalation, but it is total BS that they had to. These cops should be banned from being security guards, they are total cowards. If you are going to wet your pants facing a geriatric old man on a suspected car theft, you are not fit to be a cop. These guys are totaly losers, big bad cops terrified of an old man and his wife....over what they thought was a stolen car. Even if the car had been stolen they behaved totally inappropriately....just a huge demonstration of the "us vs them" mentality that has affected modern police forces the world over....and their buddies in blue circle round and defend their actions....
This is beyond a mistake, they need to put the judgement back in modern police work....