katydid23
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Lets don't turn this into a gun control debate. I apologize for mentioning the word gun in a previous post.
My own thinking about this particular incident is, in light of the fact that the official story doesn't exactly coincide with the videos I have seen, brings me to a time when a person wielding a knife would not necessarily be shot and killed.
I question why, for instance, the police couldn't have shot the knife out of his hand? Are they not good enough shots? Do they practise shooting up close? I just don't get it.
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Are you serious? I don't think that is very realistic. Cops are just normal men and women, with families they want to go home to. They are not Robocops or trained snipers. They are people who don't want to die trying to take down someone who is running from a stabbing. And they shouldn't have to. They shouldn't be asked to take them down with a wrestling hold or with some kind of fancy trick shooting which is probably not even possible.