In June 2017 an amazing encounter between a police officer and a man with a knife caught on video made the rounds on social media, instantly becoming a viral video. A police officer used kindness to deescalate a situation with an armed man. Instead of reaching for his gun, this officer reached in his heart for kindness.
A man entered the Huai Khwang Police Station in Bangkok, Thailand, with a large knife and police officer Anirut Malee, standing nearby the entryway talks to the man. While the man holds the knife at the police officer, Malee doesn’t react by reaching for his gun.
