[GrandEagle]

The police acted wisely and in doing so
No dispute that he was a bit stupid, but do you honestly believe that two officers pumping eight rounds into a small drunk guy is an appropiate first response?

[dagoofyfoot]

No dispute that he was a bit stupid, but do you honestly believe that two officers pumping eight rounds into a small drunk guy is an appropriate first response?


Well....He won't mess with them again!


Seriously though it's just another example of suicide by cop, nothing more, nothing less.

[Monterrosa-24]

Well Mr. Armchair, Maybe you view it as a small drunk man but I bet the police were confronted by a quick moving wirey guy. The police had also probably seen the results of knife fighting and knew a man with a knife can shred the man with a gun who hesitates or is too close. Who is responsible for the man's death? I would say it is clear that the idiot who threatened the police with a knife is responsible for his own wounds. As for the eight rounds from two pistols--that sounds like about a second and a half of shooting. Not much time for intellectual considerations but enough time to do the job of putting the armed man down.