The Seattle peeps probably know about this case, but for the rest of the community in the dark..... a Seattle cop is being investigated after he shot and killed a homeless guy who had the gall to walk across the street while carving a piece of wood (he's a wood carver).
The patrol car video below:
In the video the guy is just walking across the street, minding his own business, and appears to be carving a piece of wood. Cop pulls over, gets out and screams, "Drop The Knife!!!" 4 seconds later he unloads 4 shots into the wood carver, killing him. You might not be able to hear it in this video, but a passer-by yells at the cop saying, "He wasn't doing anything!!!". The cop says defensively, "He wouldn't drop the knife."
Just fucking crazy. Think about it. Carving a piece of wood and minding your own business, and you got 4 seconds to figure out who the fuck is yelling at you or your dead. And btw, the guy had a 3 inch knife, which is legal in Seattle.
Seattle Police Department inquiry determined that the shooting was not justified, but I'm guessing the cop walks like they usually do.
http://www.kirotv.com/news/26428409/detail.html