This could have been prevented... by the punk not being a criminal scumbag who threatened the life of another man-
He Committed a violent act, and was met with appropriate force- Moral of the story is, if ya don’t want to get shot- don’t commit violent acts- pretty simple really- it’s not the cops job to instill this basic simple concept into people’s brains- it’s the parent’s job to do so-
[[rather Andrew leaning on his friend for support because it appeared that he was is some way hurt.]]
Uh huh- he was walking along just fine- not hurt at all- and I’m sure he was just using the knife against the dude’s neck to help support him-
Sorry- but not buying it-
[[In our opinion it did not look like a hostage situation,]]
It was a non violent situation UNTIL the punk turned it into a violent hostage situation- He crossed the line- At this point the police have a duty to protect the victim if possible, and to protect anyone else in the area, as well as themselves- from an unhinged person committing a violent criminal act
Had this been a black perp- the left would be going mental right now- but because it was a white perp- most of the comments I’m seeing on other forums were ‘good shooting’ and ‘kudos’ etc- like hte fella said above- there would be riots right now- and non stop screaming about ‘police brutality’ and ‘police racism’, and ‘systemic police racism’ and ‘defund the police’ etc
Funny how the situation changes when different skin color is involved-
Regardless of the perp’s skin color- he made a chocie- a deadly chocie- and paid with his life- moral of the story is, choices have consequences- choose wisely
Hmmmm. That has a familiar ring to it. I recall someone trying to pass a phony $20 bill resulting in an altercation with the ‘popo’ and the death of the perp. Where did I hear that? Hmmmmm.
Twice I have encounters, one in a regular grocery store, one at a convenience market, with this kind of nut, hopped up on who knows what. Both times I slipped away as the nut was moving closer and ranting louder and louder. The convenience market guy was on 911 as I ran out the door. ‘Please come quickly’, he said, ‘I don’t want to have to use gun.’ Convenience store guy was a Korean.