The video doesn’t show anything. Although that doesn’t seem to slow down anyone’s opinion here.
What I would like to see is the dash cams from the next two responding cars. When will they release those?
The shooting might have been justified, it might not have been. This link has, at least, some information:
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/426053_williams021.html
>>This link has, at least, some information:<<
Yes, it also has some very BAD information. It said, “This link has, at least, some information:”...confrontation that lasted about a minute.”
From the first “HEY!” out of the cops mouth to the first shot fired was 7 secinds.
That’s right, the whole thing lasted SEVEN SECONDS!
Unbelievable.
Really? We are all jumping conclusions? You crack me up.
Birk’s badge was later pulled after a Seattle Police Department Review Board and Chief John Diaz reached a preliminary finding that Williams’ shooting was not justified.
A judge ruled Thursday that the clip from officer Ian Birk’s car could be released to the public after prosecutors had a chance to notify witnesses not to view the tape.
The tape’s release comes after a public disclosure request from the Seattle Times.
An inquest into Williams’ shooting death by Officer Ian Birk has been set to begin on Jan. 10. The facts of the case will be laid out in the open through the process.
And by golly the inquest has determined John T Williams was not facing the murderer and was shot four times in the right side.
Guess we’ll just have to suspend belief of our lying eyes.
John, the murdered man, and his brother - -
John was a 7th generation wood carver - deaf in one ear and may have had headphones on.
He was NOT facing the cop when he got shot 4 times.
Sounds like he never knew what happened.
so what do we have - a wimp that never should had had a badge and gun - or an Indian hater glad to have an excuse...
A photo of the knife recovered by police show the blade is 3-inches -- a knife that is legal to carry in Seattle.Seattle Municipal Code states that it's unlawful for a person knowingly to "carry concealed or unconcealed on his or her person any dangerous knife, or carry concealed on his or her person any deadly weapon other than a firearm ...."
The code states "a dangerous knife means any fixed-blade knife and any other knife having a blade more than three and one-half inches (3 1/2") in length," though there are exceptions.
Any blade that could cause a lethal injury would be considered a deadly weapon, and the 3-inch knife Williams had was definitely capable of causing a lethal injury, Diaz said Tuesday.
"I don't think any one of us would feel comfortable having somebody come up to us with an open blade," Diaz said.
That law is idiotic and Diaz is a moron.