Police shoot and kill another person

[Usarka]

That is a worry.............1 on one different but 1 on 5...........

the other 4 ran away

[Grahameeboy]

the other 4 ran away

Most amusing..............I now retreat..............

[I Smell Bacon]

Yep you would think that 5 cops could handle a guy with a knife eh?

A one in five chance of getting a knife in the guts or fire a bullet and no chance of getting knifed??? What would you choose?

[I Smell Bacon]

That is a worry.............1 on one different but 1 on 5...........

Should they have put away their guns and armed themselves with a knife to make it a fair fight?

My rules of engagement are simple, always win, always go home at the end of my shift.

[Grahameeboy]

A one in five chance of getting a knife in the guts or fire a bullet and no chance of getting knifed??? What would you choose?

Sorry but surely 5 trained cops can deal with 1 man with a knife without injury to themselves.

[Grahameeboy]

Should they have put away their guns and armed themselves with a knife to make it a fair fight?

My rules of engagement are simple, always win, always go home at the end of my shift.

I guess I want everyone to win.....the cops and the offender alive

[Coldrider]

I guess I want everyone to win.....the cops and the offender alive

Yep, Dog the Bounty Hunter would have done that, he even sells himself as doing a favour to the offenders as turning them in, (for cash of course).

[I Smell Bacon]

Sorry but surely 5 trained cops can deal with 1 man with a knife without injury to themselves.

What are the percentages? Why take the risk?

[Grahameeboy]

What are the percentages? Why take the risk?

What risk....you have 5 trained cops with batons against 1 guy with a knife......they could have aimed for his legs if they used their guns.

What real risk was the guy to the cops. Did they really fear for their lives??

With the NZ cop I accept that he feared for his life and whilst I am not in favour of guns, I am not critical of what he did as it was him alone with the hammer guy

[Goblin]

I guess I want everyone to win.....the cops and the offender alive

C'mon Grahameeboy, this is getting pathetic...The guy IS dead! The Cop did the RIGHT thing so get over it!

[Grahameeboy]

C'mon Grahameeboy, this is getting pathetic...The guy IS dead! The Cop did the RIGHT thing so get over it!

Over what? just stating how I see things. If my way of viewing things is considered pathetic I can wear that.

Not criticising the cop as I have said before.

[Goblin]

Yeah and there's 9 pages of you telling us how you see things. We get the picture! You wish that nobody would ever put a foot out of line and that every one will love each other and live happily ever after! Real life doesn't always go how we want so suck it up and handle it ok!

[jrandom]

Sorry but surely 5 trained cops can deal with 1 man with a knife without injury to themselves.

Dude, you are so trolling. Stop it. Bad Graham!

You know the story about knife fighting. The winner is the guy who dies later, at the hospital.

Way I see it, determined individual with a knife, back to the wall, no matter how many guys are there to take him down, somebody's almost certainly going to get cut in the process if they get within contact range.

The guy we're discussing here made an informed choice to die when he picked up a lethal weapon and failed to surrender to an armed cop.

Biggest lesson from this event, I think, is that Tasers are a damn good idea.

[Grahameeboy]

Yeah and there's 9 pages of you telling us how you see things. We get the picture! You wish that nobody would ever put a foot out of line and that every one will love each other and live happily ever after! Real life doesn't always go how we want so suck it up and handle it ok!

Okay.................

[Grahameeboy]

Dude, you are so trolling. Stop it. Bad Graham!

You know the story about knife fighting. The winner is the guy who dies later, at the hospital.

Way I see it, determined individual with a knife, back to the wall, no matter how many guys are there to take him down, somebody's almost certainly going to get cut in the process if they get within contact range.

The guy we're discussing here made an informed choice to die when he picked up a lethal weapon and failed to surrender to an armed cop.

Biggest lesson from this event, I think, is that Tasers are a damn good idea.

Bugger....................have you been going through my rubbish.

Tis still a shame this kinda thing happens................I know when I put that guy in hospital I felt like stink which is why I gave up.....plus all the Police questioning..............just don't like violence of any kind....