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Originally Posted by RainMaker
He said he was trying to stall him until backup arrived. Perhaps he was hoping Brown would stop and get down on the ground like most people do when confronted at gunpoint with a weapon? Cops hold suspects at gunpoint until backup arrives all the time.
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A suspect who has already attacked you "unprovoked" is going to surrender to you alone? Unless there is an indication that Brown is an imminent threat to other people, yeah, I would prefer the cop to wait for backup.
Police regularly use extra force and SWAT teams to take down suspects if they believe them to be armed. I don't think it's unreasonable a cop would want, and should have, a partner or more with them if they're trying to arrest a violent criminal who is larger and (probably) stronger.