the Kajieme Powell shooting video

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Originally Posted by Bags

They were a reasonable distance from him when they arrived........then he advanced.....by the time they shot him when he fell he rolled onto the one cops feet lol

they arrived with their guns AT him and then advanced towards him. ever heard of the phrase "he brought a knife to a gun fight?" they had no reason to feel threatened of his alleged knife - they essentially were in a boxing match with a 50ft reach advantage and one punch knockout power in their jab - they need to circle around and maintain that distance. if he steps forward, they step back, if he steps back, they step forward, etc. you can shoot someone from 15 ft pretty easily, can't charge at someone 15ft away with a knife very effectively. and there were two cops there to safely and appropriately encircle him while others came to the scene (which happened shortly).

again, serve and protect. they didn't do either of those to this man, and yes, at the time of the shooting it was their job to do so. there really isn't any controversy to this - cops are the authority and didn't act appropriately. the man behaved irresponsibly no doubt, but the cops still did not do their job correctly. ESPECIALLY with Ferguson situation right down the road. they should have known better and been the story of police showing restraint, not another headline of cops shooting a civilian in the street.