Seattle cop kills man holding a 3 inch knife. Shoots him a few times to make sure he's dead and stuff.

[Rick Roma]

Originally Posted by ergohead

"Here's the PDF of the reasons they decided not to prosecute.
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattle911...erg-letter.pdf (broken link)

1. Mr. Williams appeared intoxicated or mentally ill
2. he failed to respond to commands to drop the knife
3. he turned toward Birk with that kife once Birk was
already close to him
4. Mr. Williams had his hand with the knife raised
5. Mr. Williams had a blank stare on his face
6.Mr Williams clenched his jaw and shifted his weight as if he were going to attack
7 Birk feared an assault was imminent "

THIS IS THE COP'S STORY.

THE OTHER WITNESS IS DEAD.

HOW CONVENIENT!

So what's your take? Case of a crazy cop who enjoys shooting people perhaps??

[ergohead]

Originally Posted by Rick Roma

So what's your take? Case of a crazy cop who enjoys shooting people perhaps??

Everyone told him it would be easy.

No one bothered to tell him about the paperwork nightmare.

I'm sure he's sorry now.

[ergohead]

Originally Posted by Rick Roma

So what's your take? Case of a crazy cop who enjoys shooting people perhaps??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koCVMAyHWN0

[gitrman]

Originally Posted by texdav

If it where a citizens they could run but cops can't. Lesson here is don't pull a knife on a person that can't avoid you and has a gun;plain and simple.

you're a retard. the guy didn't "Pull a knife" on the cop. he was walking down the road carving a piece of wood with a legal 3inch jack knife. that is a big difference then "Pulling a knife on someone" then the man closed the blade and got murdered.

[gitrman]

Originally Posted by ergohead

The Bush regime opened up the whole stupidity defense tactic.

You just can't prosecute someone for a stupid act.

The stupidity defense presumes no malice and no bad faith because a stupid person doesn't have enough brain cells to act willfully.

It probably started with Ollie North.

you just can't prosecute a cop for a stupid act. To anyone else in the world ignorance is not a defense.