You can see why I can’t be on the jury ~ besides not living in Seattle. Did you notice that woman continuing to walk away while the cop keeps firing on the guy ~ she’s calm, cool, collected ~ happens every day in her world ~ but is she deaf as well? I looked up Seattle Deaf Center and found there’s an area downtown filled with social welfare agencies, police headquarters, traffic court, deaf center, blindness center, etc. and using Google.com (Earth) you can easily find several street corners that look just like the one where Mr. Williams was shot. Try: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS375&q=1620+18th+Ave.,+Suite+200+Seattle,+WA+98122&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=1620+18th+Ave+%23200,+Seattle,+WA+98122&gl=us&ei=6rUMTaSTMIOdlgeWtOisDg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBMQ8gEwAA
I was wondering if she was the one questioning the cop as to why he shot. The cop responds: ‘He had a knife and wouldn’t drop it.’
That is no reason to shoot. I can’t imagine that a whittling knife is very big and I don’t believe that this cops life or anybody elses life was in danger when he started blasting.
Is there any evidence given that the victim had threatened anybody with the knife prior to police arrival?
If I were the lady I’d want to get the hell out of there as soon as possible. No telling if the cop thought she had nail trimmers on her or something!