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Fair point. They could step back until he has access to someone to stab. That makes complete sense. At what point do you draw a line in the sand before you do something? When he murders someone? The guy in America who murdered school children with a rifle last week was shot dead. Should he have been reasoned with? Whilst the reasoning goes on, the chances of more fatalities is there. And I know I am raising the bar there but at some stage you need to draw a line in the sand. Totally appropriate, lawful, proportionate and subject to scrutiny. Decisions have to be made to protect people and, believe it or not, police officers are people too.