shooting in the Gaslamp this afternoon

[Radical347]

Originally Posted by sdlife619

SD Cops seems to be a little more gun happy then most other cities police departments because they never have anything to shoot at, since crime is so low.

Do any of you remember a few years back when a homeless guy in PB got shot multiple times by cops and died for holding a stick in his hand? That was over kill, and those officers should have been punishment for there actions.

The ongoing problem with SDPD is they don't think about human life. Even though the man was waving a knife and threaten the officers, they should have used a taser, not blasted him away like they did. Race plays a factor in these cases, plus he was a transient, which worked against him. This is very sad news, the man could have had mental problems, but did the cops think about that? Nope. They shoot and kill first, ask questions later

Ok, I remember the PB incident and I agree completely that they should have been punished.

But in this case, he was waving a knife at them and threatening them. Anyone, crazy or not, who is stupid enough to wave a knife at a police officer (or at anyone else, really) has a death wish.

[dakicka]

I'm doing my 'ride-along' late tonight 9pm-3am ish. Pray I make it out ok. I have to sign some waiver recognizing the potential threats of harm in going on a ride-along, especially since it's a crazy shift on a weekend. The officer called me earlier this week and we spoke briefly- he basically said get ready for an exciting night lol. I will report my findings back under a new thread or maybe here later tomorrow.

[zacscott77]

Have fun dakicka! We don't even allow ride-alongs where I work cause of liability concerns

[SD Observer]

Well the guy should have known going into this the cop would shoot him. You don't threaten a cop with a weapon and expect a slap on the wrist.
Better he got taken out than an innocent citizen or a cop.

[SD_Harley]

That's scary, we were just down there.

[dakicka]

Ride Along re-cap:
Did it this past Friday night 9pm-3am. Was sort of 'quiet' for a friday night according to the officers. It was an interesting experience. Sort of fun/exciting, although no crazy car/foot chases or drug busts. The worst things we had encountered were noise/disturbance calls and roudy drunks in the gaslamp. I did hear a lot of 'action' over the radio for Logan Heights though, but we were mainly patrolling the immediate downtown area. I would recommend doing a ride-along, I learned some new things about the police force, what they do, and got to see the city in a different light. It also confirmed to me that we're fortunate to live in such a beautiful area with low crime!