i am just bring up the possibility that maybe less drastic action could have been taken, Multiple shots fire at a guy that does not have a weapon that can project much farther than his arm causes me to suspect something ain't right? Did they shoot him while he was falling on the ground?
this is too early, not enough details to decide if this was justified or not.
life was taken, I want to know if there was something else that could have been done. Life liberty etc... Could something been done to save that life? maybe, lets find out more. maybe it was justified, lets find out?
Uh, like tasers and beabags?
Multiple shots fire at a guy that does not have a weapon that can project much farther than his arm causes me to suspect something ain't right?
You do know that a knife is a "lethal weapon." The fact that you try to minimize its danger tells me you're talking out of your ass.
Use of force doctrine in any PD is that, when confronted with a threat that justifies use of lethal force, you use the amount of force required to end the threat.
When the knife-wielding lunatic escapes, while cops are trying to take out his moving legs, to, say, decapitate a 5 year-old girl, the problems with your tactics will be made apparent.
Police aren't mental health workers, nor are they daredevils or kamikazes. They are (hopefully) public servants tasked with maintaining public order and doing what they can to protect the public at large. They are not required to risk their own lives and safety to ensure the most peaceful possible outcome.
Whatever this person's problem was, the mistakes, as tragic as they are, were made long before his encounter with the police. Shooting to wound, especially the legs, is wrong tactically for many reasons.
Here's a tip: if you run at police with a knife, after being shot with bean bags and tasered, the vast majority of the public will view your death by police gunfire as justified.