de-escalate

But he says he then gave it away to another fan to ‘de-escalate the situation.’

"Our job is to de-escalate a situation. If we can't de-escalate that situation, then we let people know that we are switching the camera on," Ms Doherty said.

At that point, Morales, a 24-year veteran of the Border Patrol, said he thought he needed to step in and de-escalate the situation between his fellow agent and Ramos-Brito.

India and China had agreed on patrolling arrangements to de-escalate tensions along the disputed Himalayan border in October last year.

Setting aside the glaring unconstitutionality of his plan, military service members aren’t trained to de-escalate tensions, manage crowds or solve crimes.