I rather like the dry reporting..
".. and quickly established be was only armed with an iPhone".
It has a slightly sarcastic tone to it, nice.
Also note that the Canadian police didn't go in with guns blazing, but that may have something to do with the fact that the risk for Canadian police is a bit lower. I am by no way inclined to condone recent US mishaps, but a contributing factor is that policing in the US *is* indeed a heck of a lot more dangerous do to gun ownership - expectations matter when it comes to threat response.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
