A Knife!

[madashelltoo]

There was a knife on the driver’s side floor. He was going to threaten two armed officers with a KNIFE! Did he announce he was going to get the knife? Nope. But, there was a knife. Well, that makes his being shot in the back seven times perfectly justifiable. Bullshit!

MAGA Boy shoots three people, walks down the street with a long gun slung over his shoulder and absolutely no one approaches him. Then, the A.G.s come out and spew bullshit about a knife. And, they wonder why the riots flare up.

[underpants]

1. And he told them about it.

I have a machete in my trunk. I forgot I had it until I had a flat tire a few months ago.

[unblock]

2. Well no more restaurants for black people I guess.

Maybe McDonald's. Just don't order a salad.

[Budi]

3. I'm seriously going CT with a planted knife. They ain't stupid & knew they shot him for no reason.

It's not the 1st time they've done this to cover their arrogant behinds.

I'm definately saying the knife was a plant until I'm proven wrong.

God this is so sick!

[Crunchy Frog]

4. Under the floorboard.

[nsd]

5. I don't get they didn't tackle him on that long walk around the car to the driver's door.

Even if the knife claim is real, he wasn't armed then and they outnumbered him by a lot. Being physically fit enough to tackle a guy -- when you outnumber him 4 or 5 to 1 -- should be required for being a cop.

[Hoyt]

18. The police seemed reasonable up to the point he opened door. Then, they

went nuts.

I can see them tasering him, hitting him, whatever to keep him from getting in the car where a weapon might be. But 7 shots, no way to justify that. In this case, things would have been better if they had tackled him.

[PatSeg]

21. And according to the police

he said he had a knife after they asked him if he had any weapons. This doesn't make any sense, though I have serious doubts about the police version of the story.

[still_one]

6. The news conference going on now said Blake admitted he had a knife in his possession. He made

no comments about the victim threatening anyone. They identified the officer involved in the shooting. They said none of the officers had body cameras. They did not go into any of the details involved, but said an independent investigation is going on by a state agency

A lot of unanswered questions remain, and just how independent this investigation will be is unknown

The knife being on the floorboard of the car is problematic because it reinforces that it was not a threatening situation by Blake

[Johnny2X2X]

8. I smell BS

No way this guy said he had a knife.

This is the blue wall circling the wagons.

[still_one]

13. I don't know. Too many questions unanswered. That Blake admitting there was a knife

is very likely because he told them there was a knife in the car so they wouldn’t shoot. The knife was found on the floorboard of the car, which implies he wasn’t using it to threaten anyone.

That one officer fired 7 bullets into the victim implied that that police officer emptied the gun into the victim, and there was no attempt to take him alive, in fact, just the opposite

This more than excessive force, this was a deliberate attempt kill him

There were three kids in the car. What if they let him drive off? Nothing would have been lost, they identified him through the license

This whole situation smells a rat

[Thomas Hurt]

7. Those cops had plenty of time to restrain him before he even got to the car door.

Not that I believe there was knife.

[42bambi]

12. I don't care about the knife, if he was white he wouldn't have been shot, not even once!

[Thomas Hurt]

14. If he was white he would have been restrained before he got to the car.

[42bambi]

9. I don't even know what Jacob did, or why the cops went after him so aggressively.

[dameatball]

10. Wildlife officers are LEO's and they stop tens of thousands of boaters every year that have knives.

To my knowledge they do not shoot people. So far. Maybe they should stop a few boat parades and do some searches.

[dawg day]

11. The police said he "admitted" he had a knife.

When was he supposed to have admitted this? After he was shot 7 times and has been in critical condition ever since?

[gopiscrap]

15. no shit

[LuckyCharms]

16. If the cop was that fearful, he should have fucking backed away

instead of shooting him in the fucking back 7 times.

Also, I'm wondering why no other cops shot.

This whole narrative seems to be standard issue. Pisses me off.

I share your anger.

[Beringia]

17. It would seem there would be strict protocols for handling different situations

and police would be drilled in these scenarios over and over until it is second nature. The police acted like they didn't have a clue how to handle a situation that should be in their teaching manuals.

[jeffreyi]

19. If magakid was black...

Boy Howdy.

[Bettie]

22. If he was black, he would have

been shot to death the second he showed up with the gun.

[JDC]

20. There was a tire iron in the trunk!

This is BS.

[Cha]

23. KR

[Maxtrust]

24. scalpel