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Just because she did not see him as an immediate lethal threat to her or her children, does not mean that others, especially police officers, would not see him as a potentially lethal threat (which is what prompted their response to enter the store and confront him), nor that his actions during that confrontation, even if not intentional, may lead others, aka the police, to view him as an imminent lethal threat at that moment.
None of Crawfords actions that were viewed by the police presented an imminent threat. Police officers are supposed to be able to accurately judge threats. A police officer who can not do so should be removed from the force. This officer did a poor job of assessing the situation.