My niece, a teacher, broke up a knife fight today

[StarfishSaver]

She got right in the middle of it and pulled one knife-wielding student off of a fellow student he had pinned to the ground. She then managed to move the student with the knife to another area, calmed him down down, and got him to turn over the knife.

She didn't have a gun and didn't have to shoot anyone.

Teachers across the country probably do this every week. So please spare us "the cop had to shoot to kill because s/he posed a deadly threat and the only way to stop them was to shoot them on the spot" justifications for police killing Black civilians.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. Your niece is both brave and cool headed

I am glad that she was able to defuse this situation

There was no reason for the police to shoot and kill that young lady just because she had a knife

[electric_blue68]

2. Woah! hope she is Ok physically at least, and...

I'd hope she would have any emotional support from professionals she might need provided to her.

Brave niece!

Oooos, and a gentle hugs to you.

[StarfishSaver]

3. She's actually very blase about it

She felt the student has been triggered and got freaked out and she was glad she was there to make sure this didn't escalate. She's also glad the police weren't called and weren't involved because she's sure this would have ended very differently.

She's fine. Thanks for being concerned.

[electric_blue68]

8. YW. Good to hear that, and that she had a possible nuanced pov...

...and physical, and emotional strength to take care of it. No calling the police which is I think is even iffier these days.

Many years ago (thank goodness no weapons) one brawl broke out right near me on the street (sidewalk), and second came sort of careening towards me in a moving subway car to where I ended up stuck in a corner. Luckily we quite soon arrived at a stop, and I safely dashed out! No echoes of upset thinking about it now.

So yeah, I usually pay attention when difficult things happen... (even before those experiences)

Best to you both.

[Dan]

4. Very glad that no one was hurt,

No students and certainly not the teacher,

[TreasonousBastard]

5. Wow! I'm sure it does happen a lot more than we know. Glad she's OK, but things...

can go wrong in a second.

She knows the kids and the situation, so she more'n likely knew how best to handle it, but to those of us who grew up with schools with no knife fights in the classrooms (we waited until school was out) it's pretty scary.

[StarfishSaver]

6. Police should be at least as capable as teachers to handle these situations

If they can't, they need to have different jobs.

[pazzyanne]

7. + 1,000

... and you are right. It happens more often than you think. Police intervention techniques are woefully inadequate. I support adding community support services to our law enforcement agencies.

[uponit7771]

11. 👍🏾

[appalachiablue]

9. Kick ass post, what a great niece and teacher.

[brer cat]

10. I'm glad no one was hurt.

She was very brave and cool-headed.

[Scrivener7]

12. Ah, yes. I remember those days well. Unfortunately, in some

jurisdictions, she will be disciplined for this.

[betsuni]

13. K&R