Posted on 08/12/2012 4:28:33 AM PDT by raybbr
Cops shot a knife-wielding maniac dead on a packed Midtown street yesterday after several officers drew their weapons and chased him at gunpoint through Times Square.
“Shoot me! Shoot me!” the armed madman shouted at a crowd of more than 20 cops, who had followed him for several blocks and blasted him with pepper spray before cornering him on Seventh Avenue near West 38th Street, according to witness Robert James.
The furious 51-year-old finally lunged at the officers with his 11-inch butcher knife, leading two cops to blast him in the torso, groin and arms at about 3 p.m., police said.
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Cops shot a knife-wielding maniac dead on a packed Midtown street yesterday after several officers drew their weapons and chased him at gunpoint through Times Square.
“Shoot me! Shoot me!” the armed madman shouted at a crowd of more than 20 cops, who had followed him for several blocks and blasted him with pepper spray before cornering him on Seventh Avenue near West 38th Street, according to witness Robert James.
The furious 51-year-old finally lunged at the officers with his 11-inch butcher knife, leading two cops to blast him in the torso, groin and arms at about 3 p.m., police said.
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They peppered sprayed him first. He didn’t go down. That’s proof positive the creep was on some sort of crack/crystal meth drug. Just try dealing with that!
when you get your "Take An Armed Lunatic to Lunch" campaign going please let us know.
I'm inclined to agree.
I stepped out of a cab in midtown Manhattan some years ago (about four blocks from where this incident occurred) and found myself in the middle of one of the strangest scenes I've ever come across. For several moments I thought there was some kind of parade or police demonstration on Seventh Avenue that day. A large mass of police officers was moving slowly down the street, clearing people and traffic out of the way as they maintained what looked like some kind of a semi-organized formation. As they approached I could hear the loud rantings of a lunatic, and as the mass of cops walked by I could make some sense of the whole scene.
There was this crazy dude walking down Seventh Avenue shouting all kinds of nonsense to anyone who would listen, waving a large knife around as he made his way down the street. The mass of cops -- about 60 in all -- simply formed a large circle around him and cleared a path in front of him. None of the cops seemed to have any interest in apprehending him or dealing with him in any way. I stood there and watched the procession with a large group of befuddled (even amused) New Yorkers until they all disappeared around a corner a few blocks away.
Yeah, they have a funny way of dealing with knuckleheads like this in New York City. Seems like an awfully expensive way to do it, too.
Perhaps this time they hadn’t the men to escort him thru the streets.
In NYC, the cheapest way to deal with knife-wielding wackos is to subdue them. NYC juries tend to be over 50% Hispanic and black, and wrongful death cases against the NYPD routinely result in million plus payouts. Note that torts don't require unanimous jury verdicts, only majority ones.
In the NYC context, this shooting was an expensive mistake.
END knife violence, ban knives, thankfully there was a gun about which ended this idiot.
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Capturing a killer usually results in at least 13 years before execution in a death penalty state.
NY state does not execute killers.
Appeals, sanity bullshirt, endless delays end up in a death penalty state well over thirteen million dollars in costs.
All this pansy crap ignores the fact that Obama’s son would do it again - this time to 74 year old women or a young child.
One or two NYPD officers would possibly let the creep attack citizen or LEO.
It is well past time for society to use a S&W pump 12 gauge on their center section and hang their bodies from lampposts until the pigeons finish snacking on them.
It is so easy to spot people on FR with no FAs or military or LEO experience or knowledge.
Mayor Bloomberg is a huge anti-gunner - but Bloomie will not defend this Obamacreep or slam the NYPD for terminating this crazy Barack Pansy.
Publicity, hearings, talk of a trial, sanity hearings, and the associated cost and crap would invite the attacks the ACLU and the “Justice Brothers” - right before the November election.
It is now over.
The fruitcase’s family can scream of lawsuits and “justice” all they want -
Obama, Eric Holder and his ACLU and New Barack Pansy buddies cannot do anything.
Let them deeply contemplate where their radical actions and agendas may lead them.
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Tranquilizer guns work when you have enough time to estimate the weight of the target, measure out the proper dosage in the dart, and (BIG AND) not have to worry that the target has already self medicated to the point that your dosage pushes him to a toxic level, thereby making it YOUR action that killed him.
Leaving you to explain to a jury why he’s dead when you clearly didn’t feel threatened enough to use lethal means.
Other than that, it’s a great idea.
Killing the mentally ill should be a last resort. From the article, it didn’t sound like they were out of options.
Yes, I’m capable of dealing with a crazy with a knife without killing them. I’ve done it.
The number one job of a policeman is not to maximize their own survival. If they can’t accept that, they should get a different job. I’ve read a lot of stories concerning police responding to a person suffering a psychotic break. Despite being told that the person is crazy, they show up, demand the person drop the non-firearm weapon, and then shoot to kill from 30 ft away.
Most of these situations should be control and constrain, and are not time critical. If you have an older relative with dimentia, do you really want them treated the same as an armed robber?
Thanks for the explanation.
You do have to touch with tasers that are not guns.
The guy had a knife, why couldn’t they tase or throw a net on him or improvise a bolo and immobilize his feet or use any of the PD’s arsenal of non lethal weapons?
Be sure to leave those instructions concerning your relatives in nursing homes, etc.
Your star trek ref is silly. There are a multitude of ways to neutralize a person with a knife when time permits, 12 gauge bean bags and standoff tasers are just two.
are you pretending to be Chuck Norris again ? seriously, taking down knife-wielding villains in video games doesn't count.
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