

Warning shots are dangerous, that bullet will fall and in a densely populated area God knows who it will hit. I don’t blame the officer for not firing into the air.i do think that was a perfect opportunity to pull out a baton or a Taser. And I would even understand pulling his pistol to force the lynch mob to comply with his orders to back off.
I do not use the term lynch mob lightly, and find it hard to think of a more fitting description.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/04/08/how-americans-view-israel-and-the-israel-hamas-war-at-the-start-of-trumps-second-term/