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There is no right answer here. The cops aren't JUST in his way. They are actively trying to kill him. They were complicit in this whole scenario that was about to repeat itself.
The world has let him down at the cost of his parents and his childhood. Mystical violence literally...
Seeing him hanging upside down from the girders with one hand holding a giant sword would be terrifying. Like Ridley Scott Xenomorph Aliens terrifying.
Not to mention the blindly stabbing sword from the elevator ceiling from earlier.
The author has a real flair for dramatic murder.
Probably has something to do with the organization after the kid. Maybe a future vision where she is evil but being protected by the other party members. So Alan is nipping it in the bud now.