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Originally Posted by Flames_Gimp
ran at an officer with a knife? that sounds like a situation where that level of force would be justifiable
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Some comments from qualified professionals from the aforementioned Texas case article :
"Officials said the officer did not announce himself as law enforcement prior to giving orders or shooting the woman. They said that will be addressed in their investigation."
"Had the officer not resigned, I would have fired him for violations for several policies, including our use of force policy, our de-escalation policy and unprofessional conduct," Police Chief Ed Kraus told reporters.
I understand Canada and US are not the same country, but going by closest similar case I could find, the officer was supposed to announce himself as a law enforcement. Failure to do so made Moore - who was not expecting cops - to draw weapon in self-defense. Unless some evidence comes forward that shows substantial differences between Moore's case and Fort Worth case, I stand by opinion that officer is guilty of murder.