NYPD kills a guy, then cuffs his dead body - VID
 

:Oh crap

The Zombie threat is imminent it's obvious:upsidedow

Didn't NYPD just shoot and kill someone armed with a knife who was smoking pot in Times Square.

Why is it always "shoot to kill" with these guys. Why not one bullet in the leg and an arrest?

That's messed up :1orglaugh

They unloaded on the guy

some people consider this freedom,I guess.

He had a knife so you know.. we shot him 40 times.

too much paperwork ...

I also believe that the US freedom is the freest one in the world. :upsidedow

Like in Terminator 2 ??

beat me to it.

ZOMBIES!!!!!

500 points

If you ever venture outside of the cornfields of Nebraska you'll know many countries are more free than ours.

Lulz....

I have never seen a target that included a leg on it.

WOW .. the camera man fucking sucked tho !!

Thats what those punks deserve for running from the po po

All Americans should carry guns. To protect themselves for their protectors. :(

the guy obviously wanted to die, you see cops pointing guns at you and you're trying to prove something by swinging knife ? less idiots on the street

I hate cops, but if you run from them I'm not sure what else you expect to happen. They are mostly assholes. They are itching to take you out. Don't give them a reason!

police is kinda mad?

Exactly.

We actually just had an incident here in town with an off-duty cop. He got into an accident in the worst part of town and the guys who hit him took off. He followed them and eventually there was a confrontation that resulted in the cop getting his ass kicked and then shooting his two assailants and wounding them. He's been commended by pretty much everyone in town for not shooting to kill.

Because you only shoot to kill. That's standard training and procedure anywhere. Police are not sharp shooters or trick shots. Where are all the videos of police worldwide shooting to wound hostile attackers? Pistols are highly inaccurate and are short range weapons. People using pistols under pressure who don't have a lot of training shooting people are inaccurate. They are trained to aim for center of mass. End of story. One shot also doesn't tend to kill... in fact, its harder to stop people with a gun (particularly with a pistol) than people seem to realize. I actually have a guy working for me who was shot point blank in the chest with a pistol with the round exiting his back, when he was 15 and he then rode his bicycle home. Most of the time people get shot and don't realize they are shot and adrenaline surges in the attackers and they continue their attack. This is why police empty the clip. There is also the goal of not accidentally hitting bystanders by missing the target which is why you aim at the biggest area.

If you don't want to be shot and killed in Times Square, don't be wandering around with a knife threatening to kill people (including the officers). Not really a lot to ask.

You watch far too much TV if you think shoot to wound is a practical option.

It's highly unlikely that he shot anyone with the intention to wound.

Like these Belorussian road police officers:



Some say it was police cruelty, but at least that guy is alive. :2 cents:

It happens all round the world where cops do very stupid things not just the US

He shot them with the intention of wounding them. He did not want to and did not shoot to kill.

The cop has stated the exact opposite. He did not want to kill them and attempted (and succeeded) in shooting them without mortally wounding them.

In the Time Square case, they had the guy cornered and he had a knife. The unloaded on the guy. Regardless of how nuts the dude might have been, killing him like that is uncalled for,.

The cop has stated what his and department attorneys have told him to. Thats how it works.

:2 cents:

Riding a dirt bike is a crime?

Hmmm...

Yeah... It's a crime to ride them here in NYC streets. You gotta go to NJ to the trails.

This guy got away, cop car missed :1orglaugh

not really 'unloading', not how it's done in florida in any case

Is the option of not having a giant knife in public and threatening armed men available? In my 13,849 days of life on earth I have found that option every single day like clockwork, Jus Sayin' :thumbsup

I'm fairly sure cuffing a suspect, even a downed/injured one is standard procedure

hmm, frankly said: i think the cops in the US are more "trigger-happy" than the ones in other countries :Oh crap

how do you know he is still alive?

anyway... disgusting to watch that...

seems to be the mo of northern cops, has happened here as well as washington

best is the use of taser against people running from transit cops here

the best.