Carpe Diem Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2013/07/29/toronto-streetcar-shooting-video-questions.html Warning: Disturbing Video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baka Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 So if I am getting this correctly he had a knife... hadn't attacked anyone or went after the police despite refusing to drop it... so they shot him 9 times then tazered him while he was down dying? Also what did they outnumber him? Like 12 to 1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksSayEh Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Must charge for bullets by the full clip.. Should throw in a grenade just to be safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nivlek604 Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Wow. Typical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brahma Bull Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Cops murdering. What else is new? Makes me sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFBR392 Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 is it just me... or did it look like none of those cops had any idea what they were doing? You would think someone would be in charge, or they'd have some sort of protocol to follow.. instead they're all tripping over each other and pacing in circles. Seemed like an over reaction by a bunch of panicked rookies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naslund.is.king Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Wow... This is not the end result you would expect .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonLever Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Why didn't the police try tasering him BEFORE shooting him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soshified Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Like 10 cops couldnt even physically take down one kid with just a knife? It seems like they didn't even know what the hell they were doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naslund.is.king Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Like 10 cops couldnt even physically take down one kid with just a knife? It seems like they didn't even know what the hell they were doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
250Integra Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 So it takes 15 officers to take down a guy stuck in a bus wielding a knife that causes no harm to anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapefruits Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Simple solution, drop the knife when the cop tells you to, especially when he is pointing a gun at you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonLever Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 The 18 year old kid was ALONE on the bus. It was not like he was holding the knife to someone. Remember Vincent Li, the guy that beheaded a guy on a bus in Winnipeg, the cops did not rush in and shoot him. In that case the cops acted too slow. The cop that shot him should be charged with murder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonLever Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Simple solution, drop the knife when the cop tells you to, especially when he is pointing a gun at you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuckin_futz Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 What is most shocking are the comments being left by some on that CBC link who have no problem with how the police acted. This was a public execution plain and simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 That is hardly a excuse by the cops to shoot him. Maybe the guy was on drugs or have mental problems. Again, he was quite a distance from the cop. He was not rushing the cop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapefruits Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 What is most shocking are the comments being left by some on that CBC link who have no problem with how the police acted. This was a public execution plain and simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baka Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 That's arguable, as before the first shots are fired you can see him partly behind the part of the bus by the door blocking our view, but then he starts to move forward and goes completely out of view. We can't see anything from the video to say if he was preparing to come out of the bus in an aggressive fashion with the knife, just taking a step or even calming down. Clearly further shots were fired, so they could have been shots to disable him but hadn't worked. Add in the taser (why they didn't try that when he was in view of the door, I can't say) and he was obviously still in possession of the knife and moving enough to be seen as dangerous for officers going into the bus. Without seeing what he was doing, I have a hard time completely condemning the police with the way they reacted, even if I could see a solution I thought might be more effective. For anyone who is 100% condemning the police just by watching the video, I question your judgement, but then we're on CDC so I shouldn't be surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brahma Bull Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Simple solution, drop the knife when the cop tells you to, especially when he is pointing a gun at you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carpe Diem Posted July 29, 2013 Author Share Posted July 29, 2013 The single police officer responsible for the shooting has apparently been suspended with pay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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