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Originally Posted by Bent Wookie
So now we are asking police to decide whether a knife is large enough to be lethal?? Really?!!
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Why is it such an absurd suggestion? I can decide the "lethal-ness" of knives. One of mine is on my keychain. Another one cuts bread. Another one is in the shed at the lake and can cut branches off a tree.
I watched the video and, considering the rules of the day that we all appear to accept, they were justified in shooting the guy. But at the same time, you can't even see the knife he's carrying. It's not a big knife. He's not waving a machete at them.
Those cops are two large, fit, and hopefully decently trained men carrying truncheons (never mind the guns).
What would have had to happen for them to be in real danger of losing their lives in that situation? Looks to me like one of them would have had to lie down on the ground and accept being stabbed while the other officer ran away.