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DaveT wrote:While some have posted above that they felt the officers acted wrong or put themselves in danger, my take after watching that same episode a few years back was that the officers were trying to do everything they could not to shoot the man.

The suspect could have been dead a half dozen times over, the officers showed restraint........ just like you would hope an officer would do if one of your loved ones ever had a bad moment.

I saw that too and noticed it. Thank you for pointing it out!

Charles L. Cotton wrote: If the LEO's were within 10 to 15 feet of a man with a knife, they were clearly within the zone of danger.

I thought this as well, but then I realized that the tueller test showed how an attacker armed with a knife could overtake and stab you before you could DRAW and then fire. These LEOs already had their guns drawn and trained on this guy so that would definately change the reaction times I would think.

This is just from what I've read on the net in the past. Is there something I've missed in regards to knife attacks? I hate knives...

-nick

The episode was on CourTV channel at 630.

It was Boston PD and call comes in that a man assaulted someone with a knife and "pedaled away on a bike."

moments later the car with cameramen finds him on a bridge, and they are the 2nd responding car. They get out, and the guy still has the kitchen knife out. In another minute or so cops are everywhere, and 6-8 cops, all with guns out. One LEO is yelling "PUT THE KNIFE DOWN" at the man.

THe man is walking AWAY from the LEOs slowly and they are slowly following him from about 10-15 ft away in a half circle.

At one point the man stops and turns kinda and makes a half lunge at one of the LEOs -which are still 10-15 away. No shots...(much to my curiousity...so much for the Tueller test). The man resumes walking away, a patrol car slowly nudges past him and cuts him off into the barrier median, an LEO smacks the crap out the mans knife holding arm with his collapsable baton (ouch) and fails to knock the knife out. The man again (cornered now by a car and cops) turns and lunges toward an LEO who fires a shot and immediately them man is dog piled.

They roll him, cuff him, and the LEO says "check him to see if I hit him" since it all went down so fast. Sure enough, one shot COM (from his pt of view) in the belly.

Chief shows up - no reprimand nothing...said he did a good job. I agree, but I think I would've "employed deadly force" the first time he lunged with a knife.

Anyone esle see this or have any thoughts?

-nick