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Originally Posted by Pointman
And this is exactly what makes me seriously doubt policemen's story. We are supposed to believe that a normal woman with a daughter, a job and no criminal record would try to stab a cop in the middle of the night near her apartment. She had no reason to do it whatsoever and considering there were two armed cops, it was a suicidal encounter for her. It would be impossible for her to not recognize two strong men in uniform within striking range. I'm not buying it.
My best guess : she heard noise and came out with a knife to protect herself from a drunk intruder. Officer shouted from the dark to drop the knife, perhaps not realizing she lives there. She doesn't realize it's a cop, refuses and shouts back, hence "making threats", as per police. Then officer shoots.
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If we have learned anything from the riots is that police regularly lie when making reports. If only there was some way to have a high-quality video of what the officer actually saw at the time of conflict. Oh yeah, bodycams. Why is that not mandatory for every cop on the street? And some of the police departments in states release the video immediately. Great transparency. I watched a video of a guy with a machete. He was chasing the cops around, multiple shots were fired, did not stop him, the cop fell and would have been severely injured if his partners did not kill the guy. Easy to see a good shooting.
Introduce accountability and verification for the police and these incidents will decrease. Rely on the word of two cops that just shot someone and a dead witness/victim? Does not sound like a solid plan.