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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
He actually survived, albeit it with grave life-altering injuries.
That's pretty shocking that they weren't charged.
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I watched the District Attorney’s press conference. He laid out, in great detail, why there wasn’t much chance of getting a conviction. Basically:
1. There was a domestic violence complaint.
2. There was a felony warrant that required the cops to make an arrest.
3. Blake did not have permission to operate the vehicle he was trying to get in.
4. Blake had a knife and turned towards the officer who shot him.
5. Multiple taser shots failed to stop him.
6. Blake had a previous incident where he pulled a knife on a cop. This hurts the credibility of his defence that he wasn’t attempting to use it.
7. The cop said he stopped shooting when Blake dropped the knife, and the threat ended, as he was trained to do. There were bullets left in the magazine, which helps his argument. When someone shoots to kill they empty the magazine.
The D.A. said this was enough to prove the shooter acted in self defence.