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In reply to the discussion: Police shoot 17 year old girl armed with knife [View all]womanofthehills
(8,690 posts)The guy was in the front seat and put a knife to my neck. I could not jump out because I had my young daughter in the back of the van. So, I just talked and talked in a super calm voice, acting like I didn't see the knife and asking him questions about his friends and himself. Finally, he put the knife back in his pocket. When we got to the hospital, he would not go in the front door and made us accompany him through some back door. When we got to the dept where he wanted to go, I grabbed my daughter and we ran into a door that said do not enter, spoke with a nurse and she went up to him all sweet, knowing his name and asked for his knife which he gave her. I was scared shit, but the cop could have interacted more with the girl initially as she was obviously very mentally ill.
There are too many stories of police killing mentally ill people when their family calls. All cops should have non lethal spray or a taser on their belt. In my small town, there was a crazy cop with a super short fuse and it did not end well.