I've got that beat.
Posted on 08/08/2020 10:14:35 AM PDT by rktman
Body cam footage from the Salt Lake City Police Department shows an alleged hostage taker with a knife to an innocent’s neck being shot dead by police.
Fox 13 reported that body cam video was released of a July 25, 2020, incident in which alleged hostage-taker, 34-year-old Andrew Jacob Preece, was shot dead.
Police indicated that Preece allegedly got in a fight in a grocery store with a man around 9:20 a.m. The fight carried on outside, where Preece allegedly pulled a knife on the man and held him hostage.
KSL-TV reports that one of the responding officers described seeing a knife “the size of a forearm.”
The body cam video shows two officers responding to the situation and trying to talk Preece into releasing the man. Preece allegedly refused the officers’ commands and continued walking down the sidewalk, while holding the knife to the man.
One of the officers got a wide enough view to take a shot, quickly followed by three others. Preece turned and winced, at which point follow-up shots were fired.
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Well I'm glad it worked out for him.
He must have been doing some serious drugs - he was still standing after four shots.
It looked like both officers ventilated him. Female cop first 3(?) then male cop (what, about 5?).
The “hostage” was actually a cooperating actor, just there to make the cops look bad......”allegedly”......
Hell of a shot under stressful circumstances.
It’s ok. It’s only a cracker. Now, if it had been a brutha, cities would be burning right now.
I've got that beat.
He must have been on a lot of pain pills. Barely flinched with the first couple of shots.
Sadly that is the truth- The parents would have made that statement about the son ‘leaning on his friend’- and the msm would be running that non stop until it became the ‘New Truth’, and no amount of facts contrary to the claim would be accepted- and riots and lootings, and burnings, and assaulting white people and police would be happening because of the MSM’s race baiting agenda driven ‘reporting’
“unarmed with a knife”
retarded media reporting
blade weapons are deadly weapons
the tueller drill scenario and facts don’t exist for no reason
Check voting records. My money is on that worm voting democrat in November and again in 2022.
We feel that the actions taken in this altercation was unnecessary. Andrew was not in his right state of mind but he never wanted to hurt anyone. He had a history with law enforcement but that doesnt make him in any way less of a person. This could have been prevented by taking a few extra minutes or hour to talk him down if that’s what it would take. In our opinion it did not look like a hostage situation, rather Andrew leaning on his friend for support because it appeared that he was is some way hurt.
What a bunch of unadulterated BS.
The police were exactly right in what they did, and GREAT SHOOTING, BTW.
To hit the target with someone else that close and not injure her is very impressive.
And then when he was clear, they unloaded the magazine into him.
Nice work.
Very good control. Multiple rapid shots without hitting the hostage.
And in those few seconds, he could have slit her throat and killed her before the first bullet flew.
There is no reasoning with someone like that.
Put them down.
Their opinion is not worth the electrons it took to post it.
C’mon maaaan, He was mostly peaceful. They should have shot the knife out of his hand.
Calibre Press, an organization that provides (or provided..don’t know if it still exists) for LEO’s, produced an excellent video titled “Edged Weapons” that detailed in excruciating detail the danger of such arms. It should be required viewing for every journalist and politician.
Thank God the perp wasn’t black.
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