Another hero cop

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I'm just wondering why cops bother carrying tasers at all if they're just going to reach for a gun in situations like this.

You see, thats a good question.

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RD, you're mindlessly focusing on the cop being cornered instead of asking if the cop used reasonable force.

So far, the police have no justified why deadly force was necessitated nor how the situation developed such that it was required.

When a double amputee is cornering cops, we as the public better know about it.

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You're focusing on the ideology.

After all, HOW the fuck did this happen?

You defend the cops first instead of asking why.

Fuck you. Just another zero-sum game politico who can't even ask why this most ridiculous situation happened.

Only a dickhead has to pull out a "them or you" situation to illustrate a fully armed, fully capable and fit police officer must shoot a double amputee in a wheel chair who is potentially unstable.

Seriously, do you just go aggressive the second someone disagrees with you? Because thats what it feels like.

I'm usually the last person to defend authority but its unfair to pin this solely on the cop.
No, it shouldn't of happened but its unfair to blame a cop for defending himself. You think he wanted to shoot a guy in a wheel chair? Just had a bad day and thought "huh, you know something? I'm going to shoot a cripple today."? I sincerely doubt he'd have got in melee range if that were the case. He probably thought it was just a routine disturbance that would prove uneventful.
You don't expect a guy in a wheel chair to try and stab you and with your back against the wall you're not going to have time to think of another solution.
Don't compare that situation where aload of cops used a guy for target practice with more than enough time to detain the suspect through other means to this. This suspect had a history of mental illness, appeared to have a weapon with the intention of using it and was close range attempting to stab the officer. Next time you've just come from the crime scene of a brutal stabbing then get landed in that situation lets see what solution you come up with to avoid being gutted.
Its not remotely comparable.