[FuManBoobs]

I don't think US police are trained to deal with these situations very well. It's either "do as I say or die". Not many other developed countries have such a high kill rate with their police.

In an ideal world, like others have said, the police wouldn't be dealing with mental health incidents to begin with.

[DrEvil]

if you come at me with a knife and i have a gun i know who is going down but i wouldn't be wasting that many bullets two in the head would be fine

[DanteAntonelli]

"We forgave that officer," Blair's mother said. "We want him to live a long life so he will always remember my son and how he murdered him in that bathroom."

Yeah right Mrs. Blair, he can hardly sleep at night thinking about it LOL

I bet the cop watches this video while eating his Cheerios every morning before going to work, and thinks "Instead of an 11 rounds magazine I need a Glock 17 with a 17 round capacity, so I can make REALLY sure those "bois" never get up again!"

[KittYPaws]

Poor cop. He didn't take that well

[bike1941]

Originally Posted by Zodiac1974 ↗

FUCK OFFFFFF! You FUCKING COP bashing Morons! Seriously think it through you fucking idiots., heres a scenario: Some evil member of society shows up on your door step and Rapes your daughter, steals your money and then punches your head in.. then what the FUCK would you expect the police to do about it?????

Oh ok, lets let the fucker go because he has a drug dependency, or he is mentally ill.? What the fuck are some of you people idiots.?

Let me put the ball back in your court, your faced with a life and death situation. you have only seconds to make a decision, would you have time to assess if the aggressive opposition has an weapon, a mental illness? what colour he is? if he has recently got married and has a two year old child?
NO YOU FUCKING WOULDN'T!
You would do what ever it takes to survive the situation. so instead of continuously judging the actions of Cops. how about some of you start judging the FUCKTARDS that put them selves in those situations to begin with!

some one seems a little angry, having a bad day?

[Killgaad]

Originally Posted by Douggie ↗

What a fucking idiot.
All the patience and humanity he was showing at the beginning and pretty much through out. Was thrown out the window when he fuckin open up on the boy's ass.

And what other choice was the officer left with, exactly? He was more than patient, but in the end he had a right to defend his life and his inalienable right to return to his family alive. As for the knife-holding aggressor, he forfeited his rights when he attacked the officer—while armed with a knife. End of story. While I'm sorry for the woman screaming in the background, I'm glad nobody else was hurt—with the exception of the criminal, who was thankfully removed from society, as he most likely would have hurt or killed somebody else in the future. Good riddance.

[Grimlyfe]

Originally Posted by FuManBoobs ↗

I don't think US police are trained to deal with these situations very well. It's either "do as I say or die". Not many other developed countries have such a high kill rate with their police.

In an ideal world, like others have said, the police wouldn't be dealing with mental health incidents to begin with.

When "Do as I say or die" involves telling a dangerous person to drop a deadly weapon and then he charges at you with it. Any normal human being would use self preservation and end the threat. The officer had no choice and you will never prove otherwise. Place yourself in the situation where you have a gun and a violent, mentally unstable person is charging at you with a razor sharp knife in a confined area. Are you gonna just stand there and ask him nicely to please stop as he slits your throat?

[theblindguidedog]

To everybody who commented on this thread. Scenario: You call the police because your mentally ill son is threatening to kill himself with a knife. The cops show up and murder your son... Does that really seem ok with you guys? Or should they have handled the situation a little differently? Like not scream and shout and not shoot the mentally ill son (at least) ten times. If they were frightened of being harmed all they had to do was leave the door closed like the guy wanted them to. The worst thing that could have happened then is that the guy may have decided to kill himself. Same result in the end but at least he'd have been given a chance. The US police forces need better training on how to deal with these types of situations. If it was someone you guys cared about you would agree, but it isn't.

[OhJstFkOffAlrdy]

Originally Posted by theblindguidedog ↗

To everybody who commented on this thread. Scenario: You call the police because your mentally ill son is threatening to kill himself with a knife. The cops show up and murder your son... Does that really seem ok with you guys? Or should they have handled the situation a little differently? Like not scream and shout and not shoot the mentally ill son (at least) ten times. If they were frightened of being harmed all they had to do was leave the door closed like the guy wanted them to. The worst thing that could have happened then is that the guy may have decided to kill himself. Same result in the end but at least he'd have been given a chance. The US police forces need better training on how to deal with these types of situations. If it was someone you guys cared about you would agree, but it isn't.

Someone's living in Narnia.

[photo2uj]

Unfortunately, there is precedent to claim no duty to protect: Warren v. District of Columbia

Never call the police. This is not the first time this type of tragic incident happened do to police brutality.