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Denver police shoot, kill knife-wielding woman at downtown intersection
denver7.com ^ | June 25, 2024 | Robert Garrison

Posted on 06/25/2024 2:17:48 PM PDT by rdl6989

DENVER — Police in Denver are investigating a shooting involving officers in the downtown area that left one woman dead Sunday.

It happened at 11:44 a.m. on Broadway near the Lawrence Street intersection.

Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas said officers responded to the area on a report that a woman holding a knife was in the intersection.

When officers arrived, they confronted the woman and gave her commands to drop the knife. However, Thomas said the woman refused and began advancing toward the officers.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: banglist; colorado; crime; denver; migueltapia; police
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To: Seruzawa

Did you ever hear of the tueller drill?


21 posted on 06/25/2024 3:50:22 PM PDT by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: dljordan

I’ve had knives pulled on me. They scare they daylights out of me. I’ve had guns stuck in my ribs. Knives scare me more.


22 posted on 06/25/2024 3:58:06 PM PDT by Fido969
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To: Pox

RE: Have you ever been in a knife fight?


Knife attacks happen a lot.

100,762 attacks using a knife or other cutting instrument in the US in 2022.
statista.com Statistica Research

These were reported ones.


23 posted on 06/25/2024 4:08:39 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: Gaffer

Well ok. Probably on meth or worse. Too bad.


24 posted on 06/25/2024 4:25:29 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: rdl6989

Real bunch of heroes here.


25 posted on 06/25/2024 4:26:47 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: rdl6989
Seems as though a judicious skilled use pf a baton would be sufficient to quell the fray anticipated. Was a killing gunshot really necessary? I'm a 2nd Amndmt believer, but dispatching an knife attacker with a nightstick or baseball bat ought do do the job for the LEO, particularly if he/she has backup.

Please correct my opinion if you think this is a wrong concept refarding level of force acceptable in such a situation. I do realize that currently equipped, most LEOs do not usuallu have a baton directly at hand, only a firearm.

(Unless anyone's life has become very cheap, that is.)

26 posted on 06/25/2024 4:35:32 PM PDT by imardmd1 (To learn is to live; the joy of living: to teach. Fiat Lux!)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

21 Foot Rule:

https://youtu.be/qdL3T3hY-kw?si=O90gaf1hWWC6fUj1


27 posted on 06/25/2024 8:44:53 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: imardmd1

The use of a firearm against a knife is the best way to deal with knife wielding assailant advancing after being told to stop.

Center mass, keeping pulling the trigger till the advance stops and knife dropped.

Multiple verbal commands are useless, one shouted command loudly and then firing will insure that the attack stops or is going to be very difficult with your body springing leaks and losing blood rapidly.

tazers are an option for unarmed assailants MAYBE. But most female cops and donut munching , fat body male cops aren’t skilled or trained well enough for unarmed fighting.


28 posted on 06/26/2024 2:34:08 AM PDT by Dick Vomer ( (2 Timothy 4:7 "deo duce ferro comitantes" <p><b></B><P> <img src="">)
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To: Jeff Chandler

New CLEST training are going from 21 to 35 ft.


29 posted on 06/26/2024 6:24:34 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Inter arma enim silent leges! - Cicero )
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