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Old_Travel8423 t1_j3c02kv wrote

I agree from a policy perspective, but those better less-likely-to-be-lethal methods need to be in place in officers' vehicles and they need to be trained on them before events like this. If the officers did not have anything else available to them, and the deceased was coming at them with a knife, then their reaction is understandable/justifiable. Though I agree that we should be looking for and deploying better ways, whatever they may be.

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Mobile-Strength1548 t1_j3kqk3t wrote

Yes and also I feel like one or two bullets could have put him down and not kill him. Remind you he only had a knife and there were five cops so 5 shots for charging with a knife is not justified.

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QuentonCassidy401 t1_j3p9fer wrote

You keep saying this over and over. I doubt it's as easy as you think when in a high pressure situation with a knife in your face to pull the trigger twice verses five times.

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Mobile-Strength1548 t1_j3pjz4f wrote

Shouldn't polices be trained to face situations like this? or at that point the aim should be to murder the suspect?

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