If this were a movie, "We're good people! Get in!" would be the last thing you'd want to hear from the driver of a car when you're being chased by a knife-wielding maniac.
I expect that Sgt. Clenna probably was armed, and yet took calm action to remove the woman from danger rather than pulling any kind of cowboy move with the knife-wielder.
Dammit, it wasn't Hitchcockian! To be that, there would need to be suspense. And if you don't understand why a Hitchcockian film is different from a slasher film, then I pity you.
@10 - What ideological narrative? I'm not against guns, but a gun was only a small part of this story, and a gun in less capable hands would've steered this situation into one of dozens of tragic endings. The gun was not the hero here. Coolheadedness, to a degree most of us do not posses, was.
@3: What are you arguing? A gun controlled by the state was able to be used to calm down a situation while if any random passerby had an unregulated gun, there would probably be a dead body.
If only the suspect had exercised his 2nd Amendment rights this whole situation would have ended just south of the light rail station at about 8:42. Traffic wouldn't have been interrupted no business would have had a commotion and no patrons disturbed.
Sgt. Clenna and the victim both identified the suspect as the alleged knife-wielder. The suspect was coherent, but apparently ranting religious invective while being put under arrest.
And he'll probably eventually go on to murder someone.
@9 yep. Being locked up with these dudes is fun, too. Especially when the aides at WSH don't think much of handing out nice sharp full sized pencils to the "recently rehabilitated."
I live two blocks away from where this happened and watch/read/listen to the news every day. Why have no other news outlets reported on this? It would be kinda nice to know about the homicidal crazy person roaming the neighborhood...Thanks The Stranger!
Doesn't sound like it was shoes, cars, radios or pants that caused the suspect to stop.
Real world situations do not conform neatly to ideological narratives. Only fools or liars think like that.
also, Marnie is the worst Hitchcock i've ever seen.
And he'll probably eventually go on to murder someone.