That's an entirely different question and yes perhaps it could have been handled better - granted they did try to physically restrain him and use tasers (twice) but 7 shots in the back does seem excessive.
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Replying to @GwynneThomson @skot75 and
7 shots isn't excessive at all. Adrenaline will keep you going even though you have been shot. In those seconds, he could have killed the cop behind him, run over the people in the street, or possibly harmed the kids in the back.
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Replying to @skot75 @GwynneThomson and
What does the hand on the forehead emoji mean? Do you not think that Jacob might have tried to speed off, possibly hitting or running over the people in the street?
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Replying to @Sean_McG_ @GwynneThomson and
No ... it means that police with any skill or training could subdue a suspect without shooting him at all let alone 7 times in the back and likely could have defused the situation without violence at all ...but police are not trained for the job.
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Replying to @skot75 @GwynneThomson and
What kind of skill or training do you think would have worked in this situation?
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Replying to @Sean_McG_ @GwynneThomson and
Far too many things to explain on Twitter, but being proficient in jujitsu would be a good start.
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Replying to @skot75 @Sean_McG_ and
Grappling with someone with a knife is extremely dangerous regardless of how proficient you are.
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Replying to @webdevMason @Sean_McG_ and
Agreed, but again. Why are you so certain the man had a knife in his hand? I have not seen anything supporting that. And if he did, why have we not seen it in evidence? It must have been collected no?
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Replying to @skot75 @Sean_McG_ and
Because I see him holding something, I can hear the officers telling him to drop something while raising their weapons, and a knife *was* recovered from the floor of the car. I'm not "certain" he had a knife, but it's difficult to explain the video otherwise.
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I assume we'll have a clearer view of the events once the investigation is completed, but I don't see any point in trying to pretend that it looks like something other than what it actually looks like.
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