He sounds like a real loser but I don’t think they should have shot him and yes I know how deadly a knife can be.
The local TV station showed video of the incident but not the actual shooting. He did not appear at all threatening. I am sure the shooting was justified by policy but as Masaad Ayoob once pointed out:
He had been in a bunch of situations where using deadly force was justified but he did not use it. Instead he used judgement and was glad he did not kill them.
Why don’t they use a net gun like the ones they use to catch birds?
The police are not obligated to use non-lethal force when faced with armed perp.
This is the training the police are not getting and until tactics change they will continue to garner bad press. You have to be trained in how to avoid confrontation, especially the fatal kind.
Less than 20 ft and knife> gun
Bull sht on he should have not shot
Although the non-shooting officer needs to go to sensitivity training - calling a non-binary individual "man" is hurtful.
S/He met all the requirements to get itself DRT (dead right there) 21 years old inside 21 foot rule ...... knife is enough if yer not gonna be nice enough.....center mass , stop the threat. NEXT !