Frankly, didn't you see him held back by other cops for two moments. I think he went postal on the kid who bruised his tough cop ego.This video shows absolute and utter incompetence. A total lack of professionalism.
Frankly, didn't you see him held back by other cops for two moments. I think he went postal on the kid who bruised his tough cop ego.This video shows absolute and utter incompetence. A total lack of professionalism.
There is a proposal floating that only senior police officers should carry firearms. Sergeant level and up. Could issue them to other officers on the scene if necessary.
Perhaps some officers cannot be trusted with them.
It only takes one overzealous hotheadv SBS someone dies. Presumably the more senior officers bring the wisdom and experience to defuse the situation if possible.
I think errors were made before he pulled the trigger. Instead of standing his ground yelling drop the knife and uttering ultimatums he could have backed off to a safe distance and taken a less confrontational tone.
But having made those mistakes he may have been correct to fire when the victim stepped forward.
Like others I find the six subsequent shots troubling. The guy was on the ground, he wasn't going to do any running from that position. Even if he wasn't compliant he was no longer an immediate threat.
I don't think anyone is suggesting that the police should have packed up and left. There's no doubt that he needed to be stopped. The only question is how.
Had the police backed off from the streetcar to a safe distance they could have spent more time talking and less time shooting. Maybe he would have come out of the streetcar and wound up being shot anyway--but maybe he would have stayed in there until he calmed down.
What made it a lethal situation was the cop standing so close to the entrance of the streetcar that the victim was able to threaten them with a knife from there. That was the mistake. There were lots of cops present, they could have created a perimeter further back out of knife range (say, 30 feet back).
Correct.Of course it's not normal behaviour to expose yourself in public. But I think it shows the state of mind SY was in and that something was clearly wrong with him mentally.
Actually, that is incorrect. Cops are not trained to shoot to "kill" They are trained to shoot at the largest and easiest target, the center mass - that is the chest. They are trained to shoot to stop the target. When the target falls and is no longer a threat they stop. They are not trained to fire bullets at a downed target till they are dead. If they where, they failed there training as the target was still alive. Shooting an unmoving target is not part of there training, it is counter to it. Thought you are correct about the the arm and leg shoots. These shoots are only done in movies and put others at risk, both because the shoot will likely go wild and miss, and second, because the target will be able to shoot back and kill someone.
Excuse me but didn't you call someone who's been here longer a troll?Why do people here feel the need to attack the poster and not their posts? Does my post count somehow make my opinion invalid? Why don't you take the high road and STFU?
Bullshit. :deadhorse:Didn't you only want to discuss the topic? Apparently not. Do you know Rockslinger?
http://www.wireclub.com/topics/off_topic/conversations/UFm27QM8Cx1woyiq0In England, are bobbies still unarmed (except for their billy sticks)?
Behind the thin veneer of civilization lies the primal BEAST in mankind (and womankid).The hostility that is exhibited towards others, especially on a forum like this that is anonymous, stuns me. Hostility towards people who are just expressing their views, and more importantly, the hostility towards a young guy who was likely suffering a mental illness, or at least having a psychotic break. Fucking scary...
Excellent analogy. I have to think about that a bit more.if a bus driver has a heart attack which he survives but some passengers don't, should he be punished after he is back on his feet?
For you, I think you need to remove the "H" in IMHO.The cop should be charged with 2nd degree murder IMHO. In either case, he should never again be allowed to carry a fire arm or be involved in law enforcement.
My point was that your response to the other poster wasn't about the thread. Anyways, thanks for your comments with respect to the main topic which I agree with.^^^^
Mental illness is the excuse of the guilty. Surprised that Ariel Castro fellow didn't plead insanity.Yeah, Richard Kachkar was just suffering mental illness. He was likely
having a psychotic break when he stole the snowplow.
The good news the legal systems of most of the developed industrialized countries disagree with you.Mental illness is the excuse of the guilty. Surprised that Ariel Castro fellow didn't plead insanity.
http://news.yahoo.com/cleveland-kidnapper-ariel-castro-to-be-sentenced-153310322.html
Castro agreed last Friday to a plea bargain to avoid a death sentence. He also pleaded guilty to 937 charges, including aggravated murder, rape and kidnapping. The deal stipulates that he will receive life in prison without parole, plus an additional 1,000 years.
The circumstances seem completely different to me. From what I can tell from reports, the guy in Montreal was contained in his house. Had he opened the front door and moved toward police offices while holding a gun, I expect he would have been shot. The guy in Toronto was already out in public (albeit in a streetcar). The police generally shoot people who appear crazy and are armed with knives when they encounter them on the street. Being in a streetcar might have made a difference had Yatim not been near the doors. However, at least one report I read stated that Yatim was standing or seated directly behind the driver and was exposing his penis while brandishing a knife. When the police arrived, the driver ran out of the open doors. This combination pretty much screams "armed and crazy".National Post had another article with more interesting tidbits:
http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/po...of-police-training-after-sammy-yatim-shooting
- After the incident, officers continued to walk through the scene without regard to the evidence.
Also, there was a 20-hour standoff this week in Montreal, with pollice taking a man into custody who had numerous guns in his house.
E.g. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montr...st-luc-standoff-gun-police-guelph-street.html
Perhaps the issue isn't that the victim in Toronto was armed, but rather that he wasn't sufficiently armed to save his life. If he had a gun, would police have acted correctly to secure the scene before shooting the man dead? Or is good police tactical response unique to Montreal?