gogodawgs
Campaign Veteran
I agree. I don't know what led to the police officer approaching this man. I also don't know what led the officer to shoot the man. Did the guy with the knife lunge at him. The officer claimed he "felt threatened" by the man with the knife. I want to know what threats were issued. If it was the mere sight of a knife, then this man isn't fit to be an officer.
Could he use mace? Could he use a baton and hit the guy's hand over and over again? Does he have any self-defense training against a knife? Could he have at least shot the guy in the leg? It seems like he thought killing him was the only option. If the man with the knife made an advancement on him that seemed life-threatening (which is all perspective anyways), then OK. If he killed him because he wouldn't put the knife down...
Joe~
We (OCers) do not shoot in the leg. LEO do not train nor are taught to shoot in the leg. There is only one type of shot, center mass, to STOP the threat. Don't let this 'hollywood' argument that the anti's make infiltrate our thinking.
Three questions:
Was the suspect armed with a deadly weapon? (I would say yes)
Was the suspect a threat to the officer or another person? (We don't really know the answer)
Was the proper force used to STOP the threat? (I would say yes, if the suspect was a threat.)
I don't like the story, it doesn't seem right. However the 3 questions above will determine the outcome, IMO.