re: President of Georgia Tech's Pride Alliance Shot Dead By Cop After Refusing To Drop Knife

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Not a cop and don't particularly care for them. Even though my gf is one. I do respect them though and this mentally unstable idiot shouldn't have been wielding a weapon and should have dropped it when told to ten times!

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What of the guy had a baseball bat? And they told him to drop it ten times then shot the guy with the bat?

The cop probably got caught in a fit of rage because her BF wouldn't supply the right neurotransmitters in sufficient stability. And shot the guy with a knife while projecting her deep emotional insecurities related to her BF onto the guy with a knife

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35 feet according to the internet

I agree if a cop is in hand to hand combat with a person carrying a knife could be justified using a gun. But there are ways around shooting someone with a knife

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35 feet is really fricking close distance for someone to be wielding a knife shouting "shoot me"... its just barely over 10 yards away which is like watermelon seed spitting distance. its just a hop, skip and a stab away from 10 yards.

Sounds like a classic case of 'Suicide by cop' to me. MF'er didn't have the balls to kill himself so he got the cops to do it.

If I run at a cop with my hand in my pocket yelling I'm going to kill you, what do you think will happen?

Should he wait to see what I have? How close should he let me get? 10 feet? 5 feet?

Play stupid games win stupid prizes. Little heshe played a dumb arse game. And he lost.

Good kill 10/10 times.

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If I run at a cop with my hand in my pocket yelling I'm going to kill you, what do you think will happen?

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why not shoot to injure/impair, then disarm? seems to work well for europe.

I'm not saying it's right for all situations, but it's 100% obvious this person was not on a homicidal rampage.

So if I ask someone to kill me, I guess it's justified then.

The he or she asked me to kill them murder defense

I'm going to ask the next FBI agent I see to kill me.

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why not shoot to injure/impair, then disarm?

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Know how I know you've never handled a firearm for any length of time?

If the cop is named Robert E Lee and made of concrete, you are correct

From 1983 issue of SWAT magazine...

by Dennis Tueller

"The "good guy" with the gun against the "bad guy" with the knife (or machete, axe, club, tire-iron, etc.). "No contest", you say. "The man with the gun can't lose." Or can he? A great deal depends on his ability with that gun and the proximity of his opponent.

If, for example, our hero shoots his would-be attacker at a distance of 20 yards, he loses. Not the fight, you understand, but most probably his freedom because he will almost certainly be charged with murder. The only thing that justifies your shooting another human being is the immediate need to stop him from trying to kill you (or someone else), remember?

If, on the other hand, our hero waits to fire until his attacker is within obvious striking distance, he may still lose. His shots may not stop his attacker instantly enough to keep him from using his knife.

So, what is the answer - just how close is too close?

Consider this. How long does it take for you to draw your handgun and place two center hits on a man-size target at seven yards? Those of us who have learned and practiced proper pistolcraft techniques would say that a time of about one and one-half seconds is acceptable for that drill.

> With that in mind, let's consider what might be called the "Danger Zone" if you are confronted by an adversary armed with an edged or blunt weapon. At what distance does this adversary enter your Danger Zone and become a lethal threat to you?

We have done some testing along those lines recently and have found that an average healthy adult male can cover the traditional seven yard distance in a time of (you guessed it) about one and one-half seconds. It would be safe to say then that an armed attacker at 21 feet is well within your Danger Zone."

Link - How Close is Too Close...

That video is hilarious


You just know in his mind he was waiting on the resistance to back him up


Watched it again.