“Kelly Flor, a self-described community activist, told KNBC News Jamines could not understand what the police were telling him at the time of the incident.”
“He could not speak English, so he could not understand what the officer was saying,” she said, “and after that the officer proceeded in shooting him twice in the head.”
Um...Kelly? When an officer has a gun pointed at you, I think it’s a pretty universal concept that you don’t raise your knife and make an aggressive move towards him.
I think he understood right after that.
“Um...Kelly? When an officer has a gun pointed at you, I think it’s a pretty universal concept that you don’t raise your knife and make an aggressive move towards him.”
Universal language 101 ... man points gun, you drop weapon ... especially if it is just a knife.
I would encourage any “community activist” to go to any major city in Latin America and stand on a busy street corner waving a knife at people. When a law enforcement officer arrives on the scene, walk toward them with your knife.
I suspect:
A. You will understand as soon as the officer draws their weapon, even if you don’t understand a word of Spanish or Portuguese, that they wish you to no longer assume a threatening attitude or posture toward them.
B. Most places you’ll get about 2 steps before the officer fires. It may take more than a double tap, cops there don’t get as much target practice as cops here do, but you’ll be going down for good.
C. Assuming you are smart enough to live and assume attitude of complete submission, they’ll most likely want to discuss the matter with you most harshly in some alley or field on the way to incarceration. This will hurt; a lot.
Maybe he thought he was saying “Bring the knife to me and hand it to me”.