Posted on 10/23/2014 3:02:32 PM PDT by wtd
Police were responding to a dispute between the man and a woman, the Post reports
“The cops yelled ‘Drop it!’” said rattled eyewitness Larry Bethune, 44, of Hollis, Queens, recalling the moment the psycho pulled a small hatchet from his jacket.“And he lunged at one of them,” the witness remembered. “He raised his arm up high and brought it straight down on the cop’s head.
“The cop went down to the ground, face first. It was horrible. I’ve never seen anything like that on Jamaica Avenue,” he added. “The cop’s just lying there with blood pouring down his face. He didn’t move.”
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Witness: “Shot him for no reason.”
He didn’t raise the hatchet over his head to attack, he was raising his hands to surrender. /sarc
If they’d shot him before he’d been able to hit the cop in the head, the lefty rabble rouser cop-haters would be screaming murder.
They still may.
Jim, there are several comments at the various reports complaining that these ‘rookie’ cops were trigger happy and unecessarily shot an innocent female bystander. The world is beyond nuts if that attitude prevails.
Do I need the /s...?
Don’t axe but do tell.
Where’s the call for hatchet registration?
I worked a block away from the incident.
Was this a registered or unregistered hatchet? Was the perp licensed to carry such a weapon? New Yorkers want to know Mr. Mayor.
bfl
40,000 Patients' Medical Records Stolen From Office: Cops The officers, all recent graduates of the Police Academy assigned to the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica, were asked to pose for a picture by a freelance photographer at the intersection of 162nd Street and Jamaica Avenue shortly before 2 p.m. when the man attacked them from behind, Police Commissioner William Bratton said.
The suspect "charged at the officers with a hatchet in his hand," Bratton said. "Unprovoked and not speaking a word, the male then swung at one of the officers with a hatchet, striking his right arm. After striking that officer, the suspect continuing swinging the hatchet, striking a second officer in the head."
I have that song as one of my ring back tones. Such a classic.
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