Powell shooting

[Dead Duck]

08-22-14 at approximately 6:30pm EST, hornadylnl made a post I actually agree with, and one exhibiting at least a basic understanding logic and reason.

Unfortunately he doesn't use purple and his statement was completely sarcastic.

 

[public servant]

Did I say it wasn't justified?

No. I just asked if you thought it wasn't. You didn't answer.

 

[CHCRandy]

How many times have you been stabbed?

I have never been stabbed. Have you? Sorry I didnt mean to ignore your question....somehow I missed it. must be the bulls eye on my back, lol.

 

[hornadylnl]

No. I just asked if you thought it wasn't. You didn't answer.

I said what I meant and I meant what I said. Advancing on cops with a knife and refusing orders to put it down is a good shoot.

 

[CHCRandy]

Yeah, because all cops want to do is kill someone.

You took that out of context. I didn't mean all cops want to kill someone.....I meant if I had FOP, attorneys, training, badge, a department behind me.......I may have killed some of them as well.

 

[Dead Duck]

I said what I meant and I meant what I said. Advancing on cops with a knife and refusing orders to put it down is a good shoot.

Are you sure that's what you mean?
Its just so hard to tell because when you're type that, it doesn't look like your lips are moving at all.

 

[hornadylnl]

Are you sure that's what you mean?
Its just so hard to tell because when you're type that, it doesn't look like your lips are moving at all.

I could even state it without every caveat known to man that might possibly exonerate a guy advancing on cops with a knife and refusing to put it down.

 

[Dirtebiker]

Advancing on cops with a knife and refusing orders to put it down is a justified shoot.

Uh, yeah?!
would you be justified in shooting someone coming at you with a deadly weapon?

 

[kiddchaos]

Suicide by cop. Case closed.

 

[Dead Duck]

I could even state it without every caveat known to man that might possibly exonerate a guy advancing on cops with a knife and refusing to put it down.

But see your lips still aren't moving and I've never trusted a Ventriloquist!

 

[public servant]

Suicide by cop. Case closed.

Lots of people said OJ was guilty also. Strange things happen.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

I have never been stabbed. Have you? Sorry I didnt mean to ignore your question....somehow I missed it. must be the bulls eye on my back, lol.

Never been stabbed, but someone tried to take a little off the top with a machete one night.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

You took that out of context. I didn't mean all cops want to kill someone.....I meant if I had FOP, attorneys, training, badge, a department behind me.......I may have killed some of them as well.

You have no idea.

 

[hornadylnl]

Just found this. Doesn't say with or without pay. Be interesting to see where this goes.

Policeman suspended for pointing rifle at protester in Missouri

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Be interesting to see where this goes.

It should go to a grand jury.

 

[phylodog]

just seemed excessive from my couch.

End of thread

 

[slowG]

The issue is there is a very fine line between excessive and legal.

 

[CHCRandy]

Never been stabbed, but someone tried to take a little off the top with a machete one night.

Did he really swing at your head? I think you would have been justified shooting him as many times as you wanted. I don't know how you guys deal with people like that every night......but I am sure glad you guys do. Thanks man for what you do....and I don't want anyone think I am looking down on LEO's. I was just blown away that it took that many shots from point blank range......maybe they were using Glocks

 

[The Bubba Effect]

Did he really swing at your head? I think you would have been justified shooting him as many times as you wanted. I don't know how you guys deal with people like that every night......but I am sure glad you guys do. Thanks man for what you do....and I don't want anyone think I am looking down on LEO's. I was just blown away that it took that many shots from point blank range......maybe they were using Glocks

I think part of the trick is it's not "how many shots it took", but "how many times they shot".

From when they started shooting till the last shot is a small amount of time.

The guy is coming at you with a knife and screaming to kill him. He's unhinged, he knows you have a gun and he is charging you. Your heart is ramped up, your adrenaline is pounding, you fire and he goes down and afterwards you see from the video that you fired eight times. You don't remember firing eight times, you just remember thinking "oh **** this guy is going to make me shoot him, don't do it, don't do it, don't do it, ************ bang bang, it's over".

For me the bottom line is this guy was being a dick and he made the officers shoot him. That sucks for the officers, now they have to deal with the aftermath. It could have gone a million different ways, the officers could have tased him or let him stab them to death or tried to ninja kick him in the jaw, but the dude could have just put down the knife or better yet not started all this **** in the first place.

 

[phylodog]

Pistol calibers aren't all that great at stopping humans