Police Shoot Man Holding Knife to Woman's Throat, Killing Him and Critically Injuring Her

[JayhawkSD]

5. It also requires getting very close to the perp.

Watch the film clip you provide. The guard waits until the perp is within arm's lenght before using the spray.

He's going the stand there, not harming the hostage, and let the cop get close enough to pepper spray him? I don't think so. In most hostage situations the perp is screaming, "Don't come any closer," or "Stay back. Stay back."

Additionally, it also gets on the hostage and makes them move involuntarily in unpredictable manner, leading the the perp using the knife.

Thirdly, although the pepper spray may very well make the perpetrator, "immediately grab for [his] eyes,and scream in agony," there is no guarantee that he won't use the knife before doing so, as using the knife takes less than a second and he is very focused on doing that.