I just don't understand.......

police officers are like any other profession...20% above average, 60% in the mid range and 20% below...I know hindsight is 20/20 but I am pretty cool in emergency situations and do my best thinking then...but these officers did not have a plan other than draw and shoot to kill...a screw driver is a deadly weapon with someone strong with intent to kill...but only at close range...seems to me one of the cops should of taken the lead and said I Taser and you back me up with the gun if he doesn't go down and he is coming at us...

I have known some mentally ill folks that the parents have had their hands tied because they could not commit their son or daughter because they are of legal age of 18 or older...the mentally challenged person can not make the right decision because of their mental illness...yet the parents can not make it for them even though they should...that law came about because a rich man in the late 1800's had his wife committed even though she was completely sane...so they created a law that has hurt many many folks...it would be nice to have that law changed...sometimes someone could be committed for the wrong reasons but the system if set up correctly could identify those situations and be fixed so that it won't happen...

in this case the mother called because her son was probably having a relapse and all she probably wanted was to have her son committed...it is heartbreaking to see the mother crying out in agony...what if it were your son or daughter???