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Must be nice to live in the Matrix where you can slow down time and ponder over those thoughts. In the real world, these officers showed up at a call which I can almost guarantee was dispatched as a shoplifter and were faced with a man holding a knife. They were forced to make a life threatening decision in the time it takes you to wipe your arse and they chose to go home to their families.

Seriously, try for one second to even try and recreate in your head the adrenaline dump they experienced and your family rush through your mind as this person advances on you with a lethal weapon and tell me you would not have done the same.

Also, when in the video did it become "obvious" that he had no intent on harming anyone? A grown adult is advancing on officers with a knife. What do you consider intent to harm? Should they have only shot him if he said, "I'm going to stab you"

You misunderstood me. I'm not slamming the cops. They probably didn't realize what was going on until after they shot the man, but even if that was the case, I still wouldn't sleep good that night. There's no joy in killing the mentally ill.

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Posted by okietiger13

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Posted on 8/21/14 at 12:14 am to trackfan

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I still wouldn't sleep good that night. There's no joy in killing the mentally ill.

There's no joy in interviewing a rape victim. There's no joy in processing a murder scene. Hell, I never received any joy from issuing a speeding ticket. I can't speak for others but if I was a cop for the joy i receive, I would've quit a long time ago. I assure you those two officers experienced any joy while shooting that man or at any time since. Relieve, sure, but no joy. It is few and far between that we receive joy during our profession but it is something most of us were called to do and I'm proud to be a cop. But I can tell you with absolute certainty that I would never experience joy after discharging my weapon, regardless of the circumstance.

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Posted by Mindenfan

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Posted on 8/21/14 at 8:19 am to trackfan