Yesterday I was trying to get to Horton Plaza, a mall in downtown. The traffic was insane and cops were everywhere. I found a parking spot and rushed toward the yellow caution tape to find out what had happened.
Apparently the cops had shot and killed a crazy man who had been walking around threateningly with a stolen steak knife.
The fired 3 or 4 shots and the man died on the scene, which just so happened to be one of the most trafficked streets in downtown San Diego.
My question is this: Was it really necessary to shoot (with real bullets) and KILL this crazy man?
Interestingly enough this story did NOT even make it on the front page the SD Union Tribune (the major city newspaper in San Diego). WHY?
What do you think? Would you have shot a crazy homeless man if he had started walking toward you with a steak knife? AND, do you think this story deserved to be on the front page? Click here to see what made the front page instead.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
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i believe that it was ABSOLUTELY not ok for the cops to shoot and kill that man. i do not understand how the war on invasive mussels made the front page.
hey em...i miss you.
and let me just say - who wouldnt run up to the yellow tape to see whats going on.
This is no surprise to me. Was the man white? Probably not, and why 4 bullets? You would think shooting 1 near him would be enough. 4 is extremely excessive, even if this man was wielding a sword.
It's more likely than not that this "crazy man" was one of the many mentally disturbed or retarded abandoned by society, now lost walking the streets. Our system is failed and the weak are being hurt first.
I hope the officers see his face when they try and sleep.
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