Man shot by RCMP officer

[Frisk]

https://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story-203451-1-.htm#203451

A man at a homeless camp was shot by a police officer Thursday afternoon, after police say he approached the officer with a knife.

[36Drew]

Don't bring a knife to a gunfight? Seriously, what do people *think* will happen if they approach an armed officer with a knife, and then ignore the multiple warnings and commands to drop said knife?

[Leifer]

Countdown to the inevitable "why didn't they shoot the knife out of his hand" comment!
Or even better "why didn't they wrestle the knife out of his hand".

It won't be long....

[jimmy4321]

If someone pulls a knife on a cop, the likelihood he'd pull it on a civilian seems to me pretty high , or hold up a gas station?
Thankfully he didn't have a gun, not suggesting a knife is any less lethal.

[LTD]

that's one way to get rid of them should give em all knives

[voice of reason]

bullman road is not on the north end of ellison/duck lake

[Treblehook]

Only a village idiot, someone stoned on drugs or alcohol or with a suicidal wish, approaches a police officer with a knife and fails to comply with demands to stop and drop the weapon. It's simple... they should expect to get shot and society should expect that to be the consequence as well.

[lightspeed]

Too bad. So sad.

Protect and support our officers going about their lawful business dealing with the detritus of society.

[the truth]

off topic

[the truth]

If someone pulls a knife on a cop, the likelihood he'd pull it on a civilian seems to me pretty high , or hold up a gas station?
Thankfully he didn't have a gun, not suggesting a knife is any less lethal.

safe bet he has already,,,,,,,,just another scumbag

[maryjane48]

wheres the visual proof the person shot had a knife ? cops do lie

[JayByrd]

Haha..."pics or it didn't happen".

Maybe no one was shot at all. There's no visual proof and cops do lie.

[the truth]

wheres the visual proof the person shot had a knife ? cops do lie

ya and wheres the proof he did not have a knife
ya and homeless junkies would never break the law and lie

[tsayta]

Why do the police have to be so anal in their description. "The incident caused the member to point is firearm instrumentation thingy and therefore caused his finger to depress the trigger whereby it caused a suspect to be struck by a projectile, which by the way eminated from the firearm thingy...". Why not just say "we shot him"

[mjc0483]

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