From the reports I have seen, the only people he attacked were the police when they confronted him. Do you have a link to reports to the contrary or is this just another example of an ex post assumption?
I have not seen any reports that he was doing anything else. Unless you do have a link to a report, please stop confusing your assumptions with reality.
You are substituting your judgment for reality. She may have called the police because she wasn't thinking. She may have called the police because she thought the mental facility wouldn't come. We literally don't know.
His mother had to lock him out of their house because she was in fear for her safety. She knows him and how dangerous he is a lot better than you do. He did after all, light himself on fucking fire and then come at her threatening with a knife in the past. He gave one of these officers a wound bad enough to require stitches.
What exactly do you think the word imminent means?
They did taze him. Twice. And he was so enraged and fucking crazy, it did nothing. Not just officers, witnesses saw them try to taze him and he apparently continued assaulting officers.
BTW - It's interesting that some people seem to think if a lunatic pulls out a club...then a police officer is inclined to fight them in a duel with an equal weapon. "What's that a broken broom handle? Let me see if I have anything comparable so we can have a fair battle good man". FFS...they aren't there to see whether they can out club him. They were there because his mother thought he was dangerous enough that she locked him out of the fucking house. Which means he was out on the streets with unsuspecting civilians, looking for someone to fuck up with his weapon. In a case with a lunatic this enraged, where they can't even be taken down by multiple taze attempts, they must be taken down and the threat must be stopped. Why the hell his mom didn't call the mental health facility he just got out of beats the hell out of me...they would have called the police and probably both arrived on scene. But his mom didn't, she called the police freaking out because she thought he was that fucking dangerous.
I think it is reasonable to suggest that the Police respond quicker and he was a threat.You are substituting your judgment for reality. She may have called the police because she wasn't thinking. She may have called the police because she thought the mental facility wouldn't come. We literally don't know.His mother had to lock him out of their house because she was in fear for her safety. She knows him and how dangerous he is a lot better than you do. He did after all, light himself on fucking fire and then come at her threatening with a knife in the past. He gave one of these officers a wound bad enough to require stitches.
What exactly do you think the word imminent means?
They did taze him. Twice. And he was so enraged and fucking crazy, it did nothing. Not just officers, witnesses saw them try to taze him and he apparently continued assaulting officers.
BTW - It's interesting that some people seem to think if a lunatic pulls out a club...then a police officer is inclined to fight them in a duel with an equal weapon. "What's that a broken broom handle? Let me see if I have anything comparable so we can have a fair battle good man". FFS...they aren't there to see whether they can out club him. They were there because his mother thought he was dangerous enough that she locked him out of the fucking house. Which means he was out on the streets with unsuspecting civilians, looking for someone to fuck up with his weapon. In a case with a lunatic this enraged, where they can't even be taken down by multiple taze attempts, they must be taken down and the threat must be stopped. Why the hell his mom didn't call the mental health facility he just got out of beats the hell out of me...they would have called the police and probably both arrived on scene. But his mom didn't, she called the police freaking out because she thought he was that fucking dangerous.
Well, that was back before guns existed or something and cops had no other option than to try and take someone alive. Now that there are guns, officers can protect themselves better and save the community in court fees.
He isn't mentally ill, he is just a gangsta!
You are substituting your judgment for reality. She may have called the police because she wasn't thinking. She may have called the police because she thought the mental facility wouldn't come. We literally don't know.His mother had to lock him out of their house because she was in fear for her safety. She knows him and how dangerous he is a lot better than you do. He did after all, light himself on fucking fire and then come at her threatening with a knife in the past. He gave one of these officers a wound bad enough to require stitches.
What exactly do you think the word imminent means?
They did taze him. Twice. And he was so enraged and fucking crazy, it did nothing. Not just officers, witnesses saw them try to taze him and he apparently continued assaulting officers.
BTW - It's interesting that some people seem to think if a lunatic pulls out a club...then a police officer is inclined to fight them in a duel with an equal weapon. "What's that a broken broom handle? Let me see if I have anything comparable so we can have a fair battle good man". FFS...they aren't there to see whether they can out club him. They were there because his mother thought he was dangerous enough that she locked him out of the fucking house. Which means he was out on the streets with unsuspecting civilians, looking for someone to fuck up with his weapon. In a case with a lunatic this enraged, where they can't even be taken down by multiple taze attempts, they must be taken down and the threat must be stopped. Why the hell his mom didn't call the mental health facility he just got out of beats the hell out of me...they would have called the police and probably both arrived on scene. But his mom didn't, she called the police freaking out because she thought he was that fucking dangerous.
My parents lived through a similar situation with my brother about 40 years ago. He was physically abusive and dangerous when he was high. A number of times they locked him out and called the police. A couple of times he had a substantial stick in his hands. Police did not have tasers back then (at least these police didn't). They managed to subdue him without shooting him. My parents live in a residential neighborhood.
Why the difference in outcomes? There are probably many factors. IMO, people back then were far less likely to project the worst possible outcome with the smallest probability as reality. And, the police were less militarized back then. And, of course, it probably helped that my brother is white.
