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Having a mental health crisis isn't not a consequence-free card.  Also, wtf is a mental health crisis anymore then?  Anyone who is stabbing someone is definitely in a poor state of mental health.  So, it truly is meaningless.  
As for people who wanted the cops to do something else, go work as a counselor for crisis response unit.  It is a shitty job and there is not much you can do.  Many times, there are no magic words and no, you should not risk lives by getting closer.
is it a fair thing to mention he'd just been filmed  stabbing a random pedestrian?
he had his legs amputated below the knees but could move surprisingly fast in the video.
this wasn't an innocent encounter gone bad- he was literally a screaming nutter with a massive knife. >

Okay but I’m pretty sure police are capable of restraining an individual that has no legs. Maybe not. Maybe they are as incompetent as they let on >

Well, his lack of legs hadn't stopped him from just stabbing someone else. >

Dumb argument. The person he stabbed wasn't a police officer that should be equipped and trained to handle this situation. >

Not every police officer is Chuck Norris.  Engaging suspects carrying knives in physical combat because they think they can probably take 'em seems like a bit of a big ask to me. >

If they are trained for it then it should be no issue, but the police are trained to shoot for most instances instead. >

Nobody's job is to get stabbed. I'm not one to run to the defense of police, but gtfo with that stupid ass argument. >

Why is it only police in America that are so incompetent they can’t do these things? It is STANDARD PRACTICE in other countries to take down suspects with knives without being stabbed, and not shooting the other person. Because they have the training and equipment to deal with it.
This isn’t a “oh the police will get stabbed” this is a “the police are not trained to deal with their job, so shoot people much more often than is needed”