Sig1Hunter

You arent going to acknowledge my sincere thought to welcome you back? Sheesh... and to answer your question: yes. You are justified in shooting a physically resistant subject that is armed with a knife and refuses to drop it, when you can articulate a threat from that knife wielding felon (the lack of distance between the officer and the knife wielding felon). You shoot until the threat no longer exists. You dont shoot with express purpose to kill. If they were shooting to kill, he would have likely been popped in the melon.

Welcome back, Sunshine.

Lol...its murder... .....cept he’s not dead.... quite the legal education you got in the USAF security guard academy! Ok...Im out again...couldnt bite my tongue on that one! ?

Lol...i believe that over the course of history, there have been several countries that have had a two step model in their justice system. Ironic that a lot of those countries are/were communist/socialist..

Ignorance is bliss, John. Enjoy it buddy. I’m out. As always, I will still look forward to your views on Bills football because I enjoy reading those (if the league continues).

Where did you get your use of force training? Are you familiar with Graham v Connor?

Cops can be heard yelling “drop the knife” on video. Hes holding something that looks suspiciously like a knife. A knife was recovered from the location where he was shot. Weird...

How do you know he didnt have the knife in hand?

Pretty sure if i fight the cops, and have a knife, and continue refusing their commands, and then re-engage them in physical conflict while in possession of said knife, i have given them plenty of justification to shoot me as many times as it takes to end the threat. So, since i have this common sense, i ask again, why would i do this?

Why would I do that?

Good! Hopefully they go away. Seriously. I wont beg multimillion dollar athletes to keep playing a game that makes them rich beyond their wildest dreams, and provides incredible possibilities for future generations of their families. Im sure their job means more to them, than it does to me (at least it should). Pissing away their careers over for an armed felon fighting the cops is the dumbest thing on the face of the Earth. ?? ??

This thread has gone to the crapper quicker than I expected. Carry on dudes!

“You people”!

Dee

The next step? You skipped all the way to the last step, my man.

The answer is yes. It was relayed to them via the radio prior to their arrival, and the link to that was provided in one of the many threads going on on the topic.

Are you asking if there’s a difference when cops respond when they know someone has a warrant/criminal history for violent felonies and is armed with a knife versus grandma jones who has no demonstrated propensity for violence who happens to be holding a kitchen knife as she is slicing tomatoes?

Propensity to commit violence is a factor (one of many) in determining when use of force is justified. He is a violent felon.

Murphy, NC is nice...what about across the border in TN?

His name was Dijon? I can just see it now....NBA/NFL/MLB can wear his name on their uniforms AND parlay it into corporate sponsorships for Grey Poupon.. Freakin genius!

That definitely seems more accurate, and is worse than being an idiot that is just ignorant of facts, circumstances, law, and established court rulings.

You truly are an idiot. In the truest sense of the word.

You could have just left it at you have no idea, but that’s already obvious. Especially if i have to explain to you why cops have a right to protect themselves from someone holding/reaching for a knife. You aren’t interested in actually understanding that.

“You got any gloves?” officer that just got shot: “nah. ***** this guy” anyone outraged?

The cops saw it, and shouted for him to drop it. You can hear it on the video.