The danger is paramount with those fighting, moving around, appearing to surrender, then getting back into the fight from another angle. WAY too much going on there to cover anyone's back for very long. They needed back-up, and lots of it. But, being a small town, it wasn't available.
Exactly right, half the force was there at the beginning of the fight. Watch you can see guns come out, hands go up, derelicts move off, gun gets holstered, derelicts resume fighting. You can see them rolling out of the taser. You can see them gouging eyes and always going for officers' heads. You can see one guy open up his eyes after getting pepper sprayed so the pepper runs out faster. It sure looks like a fight with the cops is something this family has talked about before.
