[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by OptimalTates

The knife was in his hand as he was shot.

That was not confirmed in any shape or fashion. One officer said he thought he saw a knife, but the other officers could not confirm that statement. No one else saw a knife. The knife in question was recovered from the floorboards of the SUV. Where it was prior to that was unknown. Again, only one officer made the claim of seeing a knife and the others on the scene would not backup that claim.

While the mother (the woman he had raped (allegedly)) was screaming about her children as Blake approached them.

This is bull####. Blake was actually unaware any warrants for him existed and he never raped or sexually assaulted his ex. She made it up to extract money out of him. Did they have a rocky relationship? Yes, they did. Did he rape or assault her? Nope. Was a pain in her ass, but never stuck anything in that ass after they separated. He ended up getting hit with a misdemeanor for disorderly conduct for taking her car, and everything else was dropped.

Here's the dispatch audio and a timeline of what happened. Just in case anyone wants to hear what went over the airways. Then there's also the wiki page, which links through to a plethora of supporting documents that show the truth of what happened that day, and the relationship between Blake and his estranged ex.

Should be noted that Blake was attempting to leave when the 9/11 call was made by Blake's ex. She refused to provide details to the dispatcher that would have allowed the police to track the vehicle and diffuse the situation. She escalated the events to a level they did not need to get to. When you consider it took three minutes from her call to when Blake was shot seven times in the back, things were obviously already to a heightened state of alert when officers arrived and that was going to result in a confrontation.

Blake was obviously not an upstanding individual and had differences with his ex-girl friend, but based on the evidence in the complaint, her call to 9/11, and her refusal to cooperate with dispatch in providing information, she escalated this to a point where something catastrophic was likely to happen.

Whether he turned to the officer or not I think is super debatable, but as an officer how do you let a violent man approach children with a knife as the victim mother screams? Like Blake himself says "he wasn't thinking right". He caused all the issues, including knowingly violating a court order.

Thankfully it didn't happen at all like you're suggesting. There was a thread on this, I think buried in the Flloyd shooting thread, and it was clearly beat to death and the usual suspects were wrong as the facts came to light.

Also he was not executed. Despite maybe best efforts he is alive today.

That was as close to an execution as you can get. 7 rounds from point blank range into the back. It is a miracle he survived.