> Can you de-escalate when there are innocent bystanders? Sure you can, it's what the vast majority of police forces in developed countries are doing all the t

> Can you de-escalate when there are innocent bystanders? Sure you can, it's what the vast majority of police forces in developed countries are doing all the time [0]. That way they also don't end up shooting innocent bystanders, which is apparently quite a common thing in the US [1] [2] [0] https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/05/german-police-used-only-85-bullets-against-people-2011/328297/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/05/ge... [1] https://www.npr.org/2019/12/06/785561122/4-dead-after-armed-robbers-hijack-ups-truck https://www.npr.org/2019/12/06/785561122/4-dead-after-armed-... [2] https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/16/nyregion/firing-at-man-in-times-square-police-wound-two-bystanders.html https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/16/nyregion/firing-at-man-in...