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Suicide by cop?

Sounds like he was on something or off something.

You never know what you are going to run into these days.

1 posted on 03/27/2009 7:07:22 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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The man, whose name has not yet been released, led police on a mile-long uphill chase on Avocado Boulevard...

Not gonna say it. Wouldn't be prudent.

2 posted on 03/27/2009 7:09:12 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
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The man was running with the knife and waving it around,...

Didn't his momma never teach him.....

3 posted on 03/27/2009 7:10:21 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
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So far, investigators don't know why the man was in the street waving the knife, Shakowski said.

I'm gonna say drugs were involved, m'kay?

4 posted on 03/27/2009 7:10:47 PM PDT by randog (Tap into America!)
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Sounds like a righteous shoot, to say the least.


5 posted on 03/27/2009 7:11:20 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Can't get enough of my snarking? http://twitter.com/slingsandarrows)
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Martinez said he didn't personally feel that the man posed an immediate threat to officers.

Maybe this helpful witness should have gone over and volunteered to subdue the man in a more gentle manner.

6 posted on 03/27/2009 7:11:29 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (American Revolution II -- overdue)
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If Martinez didn’t feel the man was a threat perhaps he should have jumped in and neutralized the situation. A tired man can kill you just as easily as an energetic one.


7 posted on 03/27/2009 7:11:44 PM PDT by WildcatClan (Iam fimus mos ledo ventus apparatus)
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Never take a knife to a gunfight.


8 posted on 03/27/2009 7:12:07 PM PDT by elkfersupper (Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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A man’s gotta know his limitations...


10 posted on 03/27/2009 7:16:52 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (What did Obama's Teleprompter know, and when did it know it...)
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..who had run the one-mile uphill distance in about 13 minutes..
A 13-minute mile ain't exactly settin' the world on fire. But, I'm to believe several cops dogged this guy for 13 minutes and couldn't get a knife out of his hand? That's just sad. Glad none of the good guys got hurt, though.
11 posted on 03/27/2009 7:24:06 PM PDT by Sylvester McMonkey McBean (Looking for the reset button.)
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to bad it didn’t happen in Texas, could have saved him the time to run for 13 minutes.


13 posted on 03/27/2009 7:27:17 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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The man then raised the knife and charged at the officers.

Henry Martinez, a witness ..., said the man appeared tired and was almost stumbling.

Martinez said he didn’t personally feel that the man posed an immediate threat to officers. He said he heard multiple shots fired.

How many rounds hit him in the back?
Cops chased him for a mile? Not on foot they didn’t!


15 posted on 03/27/2009 7:34:31 PM PDT by G Larry (Obama's plan = "STEALING FROM THOSE WHO CREATE THE JOBS!")
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The man was still running up Avocado as officers fired more beanbag rounds. By the time he reached the intersection of Avocado and Fuerte Drive, just outside of El Cajon city limits, he had been hit eight times, to no effect, Shakowski said.

Local man turned into guacamole on Avocado. Details at 11:00.

16 posted on 03/27/2009 7:45:55 PM PDT by southernnorthcarolina (Tagline under official review.)
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The incident location is about a mile from my sister's house. What a lovely place San Diego has become. I moved my son to Pocatello after the Mexican mafia executed a guy 100 ft from my son's apartment door in Eastlake (Chula Vista).
17 posted on 03/27/2009 7:54:53 PM PDT by Myrddin
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Ha! The MSNBC headline says:
Man Killed in 'Barrage' of Police Gunfire -
18 posted on 03/27/2009 7:59:40 PM PDT by smokingfrog (When the baker can't make a profit, nobody gets a piece of the pie!)
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You never know what you are going to run into these days.

At least he wasn't naked. I thought this would be another naked guy with a knife getting shot by the cops thread.

19 posted on 03/27/2009 8:02:31 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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“You know, beyond a certain point...enough is enough.”

20 posted on 03/27/2009 8:03:10 PM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?)...R.I.P.)
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What the police needed was a bola, like they use in Argentina. They can be easily fabbed, and with a little practice can pretty smartly immobilize a person. The only twist would be to make the ropes out of something hard to cut with a knife.


21 posted on 03/27/2009 8:04:20 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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A man armed with a large knife was shot by El Cajon police at a busy intersection Friday afternoon after numerous non-lethal attempts by officers to stop him failed.

Give him 2 points for being persistent. Too bad he forfeited the match.

22 posted on 03/27/2009 8:05:37 PM PDT by meyer (Obama is to the USA as Mugabe is to Zimbabwe.)
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"Subject is guacamole on Avocado....we're 10-7"
23 posted on 03/27/2009 8:07:46 PM PDT by Dumpster Baby (The chair is against the wall. John has a long mustache.)
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the man, who had run the one-mile uphill distance in about 13 minutes

!3 minutes? Even I can do better than a 13-minute mile, and I'm a fat 44-year old with asthma and creaky knees.

Hell, with cops shooting at me, I could probably do it in under 10:00.

24 posted on 03/27/2009 8:08:39 PM PDT by B-Chan (Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
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