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10. Witness told a different story than the police.

Tue Jul 14, 2020, 01:53 PM

Jul 2020

Witness said woman officer chased suspect, then he "heard gunshots". Police report said suspect got out of car and approached officer with a knife.

No more lies. Suspect should have stood trial.

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Suspect killed in deputy-involved shooting after mask fight [View all] James48 Jul 2020 OP

Helping Trump. Turbineguy Jul 2020 #1

Insanity. Minds are breaking crashing Roc2020 Jul 2020 #2

Fox News and people like Rush Limbaugh are helping to stoke this insanity. Lonestarblue Jul 2020 #3

No. And I certainly hope there isn't a way to get around this... reACTIONary Jul 2020 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author TeamPooka Jul 2020 #4

Not this time---he was killed (don't know if he was white or black) mtngirl47 Jul 2020 #5

I'm fine with that outcome. TeamPooka Jul 2020 #8

I'm not. PSPS Jul 2020 #13

Me too. I'm OK with what occurred. AZ8theist Jul 2020 #29

"What shall we call you, pilgrim?" Turbineguy Jul 2020 #38

There is no white male murderer. The store owner was not killed. The knife wielding Hispanic man vsrazdem Jul 2020 #6

Do not interact with people not wearing masks, report them, stay as far away as possible yaesu Jul 2020 #7

best advice TeamPooka Jul 2020 #9

When I see one of the Un-Masked's heading my way Bayard Jul 2020 #11

What about the employees? Mosby Jul 2020 #17

That's up to management & owners, store security. nt yaesu Jul 2020 #32

I try to not even look at them Roc2020 Jul 2020 #18

Witness told a different story than the police. BComplex Jul 2020 #10

both of these could be true (nt) stopdiggin Jul 2020 #12

They didn't have to kill him. PSPS Jul 2020 #14

I think most of us here disagree. Kaleva Jul 2020 #15

I think the self-defense was justified. Gore1FL Jul 2020 #16

If a cop can't disable a knife-wielding person without shooting to kill, they shouldn't be a cop. PSPS Jul 2020 #23

Oh give me a freaking break. LisaL Jul 2020 #25

"would prefer not to" PSPS Jul 2020 #27

Like I said, if somebody attacks you with a knife, you are welcome to do whatever. LisaL Jul 2020 #28

" it's very easy to disable a person with a knife using only the baton" muriel_volestrangler Jul 2020 #33

What do you base that opinion on? Kaleva Jul 2020 #37

Are you goddamn serious??! ansible Jul 2020 #40

Wow.. suicide by cop.. all bc of not wanting to Cha Jul 2020 #42

Knife defense only works if an amateur attacks from above. NutmegYankee Jul 2020 #45

No they didn't, sarisataka Jul 2020 #19

They could have shot him in the foot. He would have dropped the knife then. PSPS Jul 2020 #24

Foot? Why not a pinkie finger? When somebody with a knife is after you, you shoot them in a foot. LisaL Jul 2020 #26

The foot? That would hurt. sarisataka Jul 2020 #30

She tried to shoot the knife out of his hand but it didn't work. LisaL Jul 2020 #35

LOL RhodeIslandOne Jul 2020 #36

That right there is some Hollywood-level nonsense. Jedi Guy Jul 2020 #39

She shot the guy several times right in the chest, he kept coming. NutmegYankee Jul 2020 #51

re: "...shot him in the foot." discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2020 #52

There's both police bodycam and a separate house video at the link now muriel_volestrangler Jul 2020 #21

I had not seen the video when I posted. I was only going by the article, which had two different BComplex Jul 2020 #31

There is a video linked in the article. LisaL Jul 2020 #34

It seems like suicide by cop.. after he stabbed Cha Jul 2020 #41

Hah? LisaL Jul 2020 #22

video from a house camera shows the knife guy attacked. NutmegYankee Jul 2020 #43

And she gave many warnings even while he continued to approach her JI7 Jul 2020 #44

I'm amazed she didn't get stabbed. NutmegYankee Jul 2020 #47

What happened to the 77 year old man that was stabbed ? JI7 Jul 2020 #46

Critical condition in the hospital. Judi Lynn Jul 2020 #48

Here's a still photo taken from the police woman's body cam video, showing how close he was: Judi Lynn Jul 2020 #49

Found a Fox article, saying "Suspect shot to death who attacked deputy had 2 knives, screwdriver" Judi Lynn Jul 2020 #50