[Zuben Elgenubi]

including on a previous occasion assaulting the officer that shot him.

Many believe the cop murdered that guy, 1st degree. The cost is still to be determined.

[USNBandit]

I’m not saying it was a legal shooting. I am pointing out that not everything is as clear cut as the media made it out to be.

[fireman15]

The shooting of the “wood carver” was in Seattle. The man was legally drunk and had an open knife which he refused to drop. The officer was cleared and I believe he is back at work. The news coverage around here is generally heavily slanted against law enforcement.

“Jurors unanimously found that Williams was carrying an open knife when first seen by Birk.”

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2014235279_policeshooting16m.html

The police officers that I work with generally show amazing restraint. At close range in the hands of a drunk with a violent past a knife is often a more effective weopon than a handgun. I am not going to second guess the decision that the officer had to make in seconds.