anyway so i'm seeing this meme go around, along with a great response to it from a social worker: https://www.facebook.com/ejkolibabe/posts/10218813433981048

But I was curious about the photo (which is NSFW).

Cause I looked at that photo and said, "That doesn't look like the US."

And then I made perhaps the strangest google search of my life, for "naked man on houseboat."

Which led me to this reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/h8e1d6/man_naked_on_top_of_a_boat_in_amsterdam_fighting/

So now I have a location! Amsterdam! A quick search informs me that police below the level of Constable are not armed, and I found this article with a full video of the encounter: https://www.at5.nl/artikelen/202621/da-costakade-opgeschrikt-door-vernielende-verwarde-man-hij-stond-naakt-te-schreeuwen?fbclid=IwAR0SDgLUAjHFyoNJlAEHlFge5btqE2i4lbKohfqZP8ZzybNxAfTuMbaXjP0

Google translated, the article indicates that ambulances were called to the scene, and cops were called to aid the ambulance workers. One cop attempted to use mace, but appears to have missed. After that, they simply followed the man until he sat down.

No threatening with a gun, even though the man was actively antagonizing the officers, and no screaming. It's overall a quiet de-escalation of an encounter.

soooooo maybe don't use screenshots from incidences where well-trained officials de-escalated a situation and got a man the medical and mental help he clearly needed.