Cop kills man in wheelchair

[Gravelface]

Just because Speedys means of conveyance is a wheelchair, is he any less capable of hurting someone? Had this man conducted the same situation on foot, threaten a loss prevention employee with a knife then refuse to cooperate and attempt to enter and an open business where more people were, would that have made it justified?

He stopped an armed man, who already threatened violence, from entering a populated area.

 

[DBMJR1]

While we’re playing what if, imagine if wheelchair man had concealed in his lap a small nuclear device. Brave cop is basically Jack Bauer at that point.

That's just silly.

Concealing a small nuke like that could lead to sterility.

No guy is going to risk that.

 

[sarky]

Devils advocate here, let’s say a fine citizen, such as one you condemning this officer, stepped forward to intervene and deescalate this precarious situation and Mr. knife wielding slasher on wheels stabbed you in the neck. I’m sure your grieving families would sue the officer and department for not stopping the threat.

If you’re going to shoot once, shoot till there’s no threat.

he's in a ******* wheel chair! And is the officer other ******* hand broken??? you know, the one they train to use a taser with!

 

[Gravelface]

And

I asked if it would make a difference if the fella was on foot. A man with a knife in a wheelchair is still a man with a knife.

Sure, there’s a dozen other options the officer could have used. It doesn’t mean the one he did use wasn’t legal.

 

[EightySix]

"what if" the cop wasn't a ego maniac narcissist?

9 shots in the back of a man in a mobility scooter. All I'm saying.

 

[Gravelface]

“What if” the guy complied....

All I’m saying

Or “what if” the POS didn’t steal and threaten people with a knife

 

[AndyG]

That Face When you just got the OK to summarily execute misdemeanor offenders on the basis of maybe they might hurt someone.

 

[AndyG]

As to "threatened people with a knife", that's indeed what someone said the complainant alleged. In a similar case, Arizona peace officers responding to a domestic abuse call -- wherein complainant alleged "my neighbor's beating the heck out of his girlfriend, send help fast" -- shot and killed the accused girlfriend beater as he answered his door. Turns out the deceased wasn't beating the heck out of anyone; he and his girlfriend were playing Crash Bandicoot.

It started as a noise complaint. It ended in another fatal Phoenix police shooting

The episode is one in a string of Phoenix police shootings and has reignited criticism from advocates.

www.azcentral.com