So be careful out there.
Knock me over with a feather.
See, the shooting was Justified. I believe this Punk Officer was
looking for an excuse to kill someone if only to see what it felt like.
He should be serving life IMO.
Wow. I don’t know anyone who thinks this was a good shoot. I’m afraid the you know what is going to hit the fan on this now.
This cop needs to be fried. Watch the video. He blatantly murdered that guy.
America is a police state. We have no right to criticize any other nation for their supposed shortcomings in human rights.
D*mn! That Patriot Act sure has some unintended consequences.
Did you believe that there would be?
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/flatpages/video/mediacenterbc3.html?bctid=715145081001
Animal farm.
Disgusting. Total “lack of good faith”. Horrific.
And yet, totally not surprising.
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Are any of them willing to let this cop spend the night in their own homes?
Here's your problem ~ for those of you who didn't get the picture. This is the part of town where they have all the social services agencies in Seattle. It's not unusual to encounter deaf, blind, lame, or mentally disturbed individuals on the street.
The cops know the routine. They know or should be expected to know the various "regulars" who make their way through the area going to and from meetings with doctors, encounter groups, parole officers, drug rehab clinics, and so on.
Given that environment what we have is a cop jumping out of his car, running after a regular with gun drawn, telling him to drop his knife (which he apparently did) and then just shooting him dead.
I suppose the prosecutors, who also work in that vicinity, can now feel safer ~ or not.
I don't think they thought this through all that well.
Any government employees, or men who own suits, who work in that part of Seattle should seek jobs elsewhere. The government just improved the odds for getting killed if you catch my drift. The locals there are going to drop you first rather than take the risk of your having an otherwise disinterested interest in them.
The article gives quite a few details.
Definitely a miscarriage of justice, IMHO. I blame the Prosecutor for failing in his duty.
Un freaking real!
I KNEW he’d get away with it..
The SOB!
A lot of FReepers called it. The cop walks for cold blooded murder.
It’s Williams’ own fault. He should have had a dog for the officer to shoot. < /s>
At the very least, he should be charged with manslaughter and reckless endangerment.
Aggressive posture, my @ss!
Outrageous!
At he least, he should never wear a badge or carry a gun again.
Holy cats, I took the time to look up the dashcam video on youtube and it is just awful. I can’t believe they are not prosecuting. You see the poor victim cross the street, absolutely minding his own business, then the cop stops his car and gets out, with a whole bunch of attitude. He doesn’t identify himself as an officer or anything — just starts yelling, “Hey, hey, hey, put the knife down, put the knife down, put the knife down” — and then IMMEDIATELY starts shooting. I’m so slow on the uptake myself these days (getting old, what can I say) that I’m sure that SOB would have shot *me* since I would not immediately have complied with His Highness’s commands. I hope Seattle folk will come out in droves for the protests today (Tuesday). This reeks.
Did the slain man have family? I would think that a lawsuit for wrongful death (which is easier to win because it does not need to meet the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard of proof) is next up, unless the man was truly alone.