the suspect “took several steps toward them with the knife raised in an aggressive manner.”, is the part that makes the po's statement lose credibility. if an average citizen had a video come forward that showed something contradictory to their sworn statement, i'm reasonably sure that they would face indictment.
in the mothers 911 call, do you think the mentioning of a weapon was used to guarantee a speedy response?
i agree
credibility is like virginity
i would really like to see/know how/who the lie evolved
my choices ramge from a deliberate decision tocover up what could be a bad shoot by the 2 cops on scene to that same decision being made in the food chain above em. to the cop just being scared and in his mind he really imagines the guy took steps at him. folks get a might flustered and their post event recollections are often off.
if it was a coverup charges are good
there is a school of thought that says once a cop.has had to pull thw trigger once he should be off the street. cases like this might be worth looking at but the jurys out.
i think they can charge directly on false report.
i think mom said there was a knife cause there was a knife and unmedicated schizo with a weapon is part of the cops job description. been there done that its exciting. things happen real fast even if its someone you know.
the comment about special cops trained to handle disturbed folks makes me wonder. most cops do ojt on that very limited real training.
taser on a guy like that?
might work. i will let you try it them folks are crazy strong and you migjt make him mad. i know i gave real consideration to shooting my own brother a couple times . mighta once except i promised mom i'd look after him. he threw 3 of us off him combined weight about 500 pounds. at the time he was 99 pounds. another time i put a hold on him that woulda broke his neck and mighta if he hadn't dropped the knife
damn phone