Posted on 10/02/2020 11:22:06 AM PDT by SJackson
Chicago’s investigative police oversight agency released video Thursday showing a man being fatally shot by police Sept. 5 after he was hit with a Taser and lunged at a sergeant with a butcher knife.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability released several body camera videos and 911 recordings related to the shooting in Vittum Park in the Southwest Side’s Garfield Ridge community as part of the city’s video release policy, which requires that video and other evidence be released to the public within 60 days of shootings involving officers.
Chicago Lawn District officers were called to the area about 1:40 a.m. Sept. 5 for a call of a person stabbed. The victim gave police a description of the suspect, Chicago police and COPA said immediately after the shooting.
At least two officers and a sergeant approached the suspect shortly afterward in the park, located off 49th Street and Lavergne Avenue, the officials said. The officers and the sergeant walked toward the suspect, Shaon Warner, according to body camera video.
“Hey, get your hands up,” one officer can be heard to say on the video. “My man, put your hands up.”
“Let’s see your hands,” the sergeant also demanded. “Hands up now.”
In the video, the man appeared to hunch over and pick up a bag.
“Don’t you dare,” the sergeant said.
The man then started walking toward the sergeant, prompting her to deploy her Taser on him. He then fell to the ground.
Warner can then be seen getting up.
“(Put) the (expletive) knife down! Drop the (expletive) knife!” an officer shouts on the video. “Drop it!”
Warner can be seen lunging at the sergeant with the knife. According to police officials and COPA, the sergeant’s safety vest was punctured. She was not seriously injured.
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I counted 11 hands up commands, several put the knife down, he attacks and stabs, in the vest, the officer after being tasered. The problem is the criminal not our culture or police. Personally, I think they waited too long to fire, but I don't know the line of sight of the other officers. Delay could have resulted in serious injury to the stabbed officer.
You are correct; we do not have a bad cop problem, we have a bad citizen problem.
George Floyd, drug using (Fentenol) counterfeiter;
Trayvon Martin, drug using(purple drank) burgling sucker punching thug:
Big Mikey Brown, drug using strong arm thief jaywalker.
There are some to whom this does not apply, but mostly? Bad attitude and drug use get you self-defense shot by the people you try to kill.
Police are going to have to endure more life-threatening situations, as they are expected to not use lethal force until it’s dire.
The female officer officer with the taser did exactly that. I was expecting her to drop it and draw her weapon.
He was one weapon away from being unarmed, which means the cops will probably be arrested for murder (or as Biden puts it, he’s an unarmed person with a knife).
Biden would agree with a charge, they didn’t shoot him the leg as Joe requires. Besides, thanks to her vest she was hardly injured. Personally, when he went to the bag while being tasered it should have been over. Certainly when one of the police saw the knife. Assuming they had a clear shot.
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