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Originally Posted by Peanut
I dunno. How could they know for sure that all the guy had was a knife? What if he had a gun and/or a bomb. If he's not being compliant about dropping the knife, how do they know he's not going to pull a gun next? They can't really go storming onto the streetcar if they don't know what other weapons the guy might have (or can they? I don't know the protocol at all).
That being said it didn't really seem like 9 shots were required. I don't know how much adrenaline plays into that though.
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Originally Posted by zamler
Still does not explain why they deployed the taser after firing 9 shots. And does not explain why they didn't give the suspect some space and try to resolve this without deadly force.
And to the person that said what if he has a bomb? Well, if it's a bomb on his person then why would you get closer to the suspect? And is shooting going to prevent the bomb from going off? There might be dead man trigger. Congrats on the dumb comment of the month award.
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Easy there, turbo.
I'm pretty sure the statement was qualified in the bolded portion of the post. Plus, there are a couple of days left for someone to take that title.