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Originally Posted by kane
One other thing. If you are walking down the street with a knife in your hand, legal knife or not, there is a pretty good chance you are going to draw attention to yourself. I'm not saying the guy deserved to die, he didn't, but he did put himself in a position where he could be in danger.
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Well, most sane people see a native american homeless guy carving some wood (especially in Seattle; not exactly Compton, CA), they don't think he's a gangster looking to shank some fools like he is in a prison yard. He was even using the cross walk while walking across the street lol. I also think it is telling that the lady screams at the cop "He wasn't doing anything!!" (you gotta turn up the sound to hear it..but it is clear what she said and has been confirmed).
I've had a gun pulled on me by a cop (for jaywalking btw), and I was pretty cool about it (but scared shitless). Just crazy because when someone yells at you sometimes you need a few seconds to adjust, and based on the video, the homeless dude was shot and killed 7 seconds from the first demand, and 4 seconds for the last demand. It happened that quickly.
Of course, the cop is gonna say, "I feared for my life", despite the fact that some old dude who probably has reflexes like an elephant was up against an armed, younger, sober and in shape officer.