Oh boy....I hate to see stories like this...

[FlyingScot]

Originally Posted by jeffk

People in a mental health crisis and raging are not CAPABLE of receiving such "messages". You CANNOT reason with them. Such people that are armed with a DEADLY weapon are unpredictable, can have rage fueled strength, and are incredibly dangerous. Frankly, in such confrontations, the safety of others, including the officers, takes precedence over the person in crisis.

Agreed. It is ridiculous to expect an officer facing a person with a knife to have to defend himself with a stick, especially if that person appears to be strong and/or quick...

Assuming the officer who killed him needed to shoot at that instant, the real issue is what could have been done to have prevented that moment from occurring