Well she knew the cops were there and that it was unlikely this perp was going to do anything violent. If not, she was taking a big chance that he wasnt armed with something. At my store, my boss got pepper sprayed by a shoplifter who was on the way out the door and wasnt going to be stopped. A damn shoplifter. In a place with video cameras. But of course everyone is masked up, sometimes with head coverings, because of Covid.
It is shit like this that turns people to vote for the usual 'law and order' shtick that politicians, often pathetic politicians, use to get elected. Promoting law and order is a good thing when looking at candidates. Shit like this needs to be handled. However when the rest of a candidate is downright atrocious and far worse Im not going to vote for him.