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Originally Posted by Harry Lime
Concerning the case of Chantel Moore...
She had no history of violent or abusive behavior. Had never been in trouble. It's hard to imagine that this situation could not have been deescalated simply by the officer stepping back and giving her room. Was she guilty of threatening an officer, or guilty of holding a knife while in her own home?
Of all of the moments for a policeman to shoot a native woman five times, while responding to a call where she was the one being checked on to make sure that she was safe.
What an ugly, ugly thing.
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There is apparently no video evidence to exonerate him, but...
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“At first the officer went on scene, and all of a sudden the person just exited the apartment with a knife and was attacking the officer,” Edmundston Police Force Insp. Steve Robinson told CBC News on Thursday. “He had no choice but to defend himself.”
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Do we have any reason to believe that this is not true, aside from her being native? I'm assuming we're on the same page in thinking that shooting is the correct course of action if somebody is approaching law enforcement with a knife in a threatening manner.
The mantra of "it's just a knife, why shoot" has been disproven a gazillion times over so that's not even an argument to be made here.