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.
Oops, meant to write Wednesday. See? I’m slow ... therefore I’d be cop fodder. Jeez.