The idea is that they want to go home at night so anything that looks like it could interfere with that has to be taken out.

The Seattle cops do not always get things right, but this time things seem reasonable.

http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2014/04/alleged-bank-robber-fatally-shot-by-seattle-police-identified/

Just the police and they won't talk. The Blue line and all. From the links it does not appear he was "attacking the cops." But the cops will shoot because they can.

The news story said that the cop had been involved in two previous shootings. In other words, this is the third person he shot. I'd like to see the video before I believe anything.

There were no cars involved thus no dash cams.

Because I have seen video of them shooting knife wielding suspects before. Like this one.

found a non lethal way to take him in. then again, he could have surrendered.

why couldn't tasers be used at the very least? Then again, there are hand-to-hand techniques...

They had no choice , once a guy gets 15 feet away with a big fixed blade knife it's game over.

I can understand if they were rushed.

One does not voluntarily do hand-to-hand against deadly weapons.

snip:

Officers and robbery detectives entered the courtyard of the home to surround the man and spotted him running onto the roof a detached garage. As the man ran across the garage, away from officers and out of view, a detective scaled a wall adjacent to the garage to get to higher ground and get a better view. As soon as the detective ascended the wall, he saw the man standing nearby, holding a large knife, police said.

According to police, a detective began talking to the man and repeatedly ordered him to drop the knife, but he refused, and a lieutenant at the scene called for officers with stun guns to come to the courtyard.

Investigators said that before the officers with stun guns arrived, the man, with knife in hand, ran toward the detective. When he was within 15 feet of the detective, the detective fired multiple rounds from a rifle, striking the man. Officers called for medics and began performing CPR on the man, but he died at the scene.

“Although officers armed with less-lethal tools were responding to the incident at the time of the shooting, police are trained to use deadly force when facing a threat from a deadly weapon, like a gun or knife,” a Seattle Police Department news release said.




http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/details-emerge-dead-man-identified-madison-park-ba/nfSLN/

is a sure way to get yourself dead.

I don't see how the cops were out of line here.

Hate on cops for rear entry gunshot wounds.

Hate on cops for sexually harassing traffic stops.

Hate on cops for arresting journalists and photographers.

Hate on cops for using their positions of authority to recieve favors.

There are a multitude of reasons to hate on cops which justify community outcry and activism.

However...charge a cop with a deadly weapon. I will fault no LEO for taking split-second decisive action to intervene by drawing and discharging their service weapon.

FFS, have some clarity in your sense of reality.

Fuck it. How about this one:

"Cops shoot former infant".