Smoke a doobie, pull a knife, back away from cops.....DIE!

[tod evans]

New York police shoot knife-wielding man dead near Times Square


http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/11/13236645-new-york-police-shoot-knife-wielding-man-dead-near-times-square?lite

-- Police shot and killed a man who threatened them with a large knife near Times Square Saturday afternoon.
Officials said the man, who police observed smoking marijuana on 44th Street and 7th Avenue, became agitated when officers approached him. He then pulled out an 11-inch knife and raised it over his head. Officers ordered him to drop the weapon, but he refused, police said.
As the man backed down 7th Avenue, police pepper sprayed him six times to try and disarm him, but the man continued to threaten officers with the knife. Police said that as he neared the corner of 37th Street, he lunged at officers with the knife, forcing them to shoot him. Two officers fired a total of 12 shots, striking the man in the chest, groin, left arm and left calf.
The man was identified Sunday by police as 51-year-old Darrius Kennedy of Hempstead, Long Island.
See the cellphone video and original story at NBCNewYork.com
Police say Kennedy has 10 prior arrests, one of which resulted in him being hospitalized for a psych evaluation in October of 2008, after police took him into custody for knocking garbage cans over in Times Square. In November of 2008 Kennedy was arrested for threatening motorists and cops with a screwdriver on Broadway and West 66 street, police said.
No officers or bystanders were injured in Saturday's incident, which took place in an area crowded with pedestrians.
Witnesses to the shooting described a chaotic scene in Midtown.
"I was standing at the corner of 42nd Street and saw this guy running in middle of street, police chasing him" said Edgar Delgado, who works in the area. "He had a machete type knife. He didn't want to stop. Police told him to drop the knife. He didn't. They shot him."
Watch US News crime videos on NBCNews.com
A witness' cell phone video acquired by NBC 4 New York shows police pursuing the Kennedy along 7th Avenue and then opening fire.
"It was scary because a shooting starts here someone could get hurt quickly," Delgado said.

[aGameOfThrones]

Drugs kill.

[PaulConventionWV]

Pretty standard stuff.

[pcosmar]

I would like to see video of that,,to see if it remotely matched the narrative.

:(

Watched the video posted,,shows nothing but the guy backing away.,, not very clear.

[tod evans]

I would like to see video of that,,to see if it remotely matched the narrative.

:(

Probably everything except the "planted" knife..


[edit]

making "assumptions" without watching the vid.....

[Nirvikalpa]

It was horrible to see it reported on the news, to see the video, and hear the shots. There was no need to fire that progressively... so much for shoot to injure? Not surprised, though, sadly...

[Nirvikalpa]

Another video, more of him backing away: http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/raw-video-moments-before-police-kill-armed-man-30257471.html

picture:

http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/czd2P1FzQ7X1q5vghowwTg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD0zNTk7cT04NTt3PTUxMg--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d76933c6a5f91416180f6a706700a188.jpg

[Nirvikalpa]

Oh yeah. Here's the kicker:


Julian Miller, 22, who was visiting New York from Boston, said the police confiscated his phone after he recorded video of the confrontation. He said in an interview that he followed the pursuit from Times Square to 37th Street and Seventh Avenue, his phone recording as he ran to keep up. He said a police detective pulled him aside after the shooting and asked to see his phone and the video.

“His eyes got big when he saw the video,” Mr. Miller said, adding that he had captured the shooting on video. “He went to go show his boss, and then they took my phone away.” He said the officer told him not to speak with the news media.

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/11/police-shoot-man-near-times-square-and-tourists-reach-for-cameras/

[VBRonPaulFan]

Oh yeah. Here's the kicker:



http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/11/police-shoot-man-near-times-square-and-tourists-reach-for-cameras/

exactly why anyone with a cell phone should have this on it: http://qik.com/

automatically and instantly uploads video to your account so even if the cops delete it from the phone, it's still safe in a place where they can't get to it.

[kathy88]

I heard an AP report on the radio about it. They said he was shot once in the groin and that there were people filming with their phones.

[heavenlyboy34]

I couldn't see the knife, but if it was pocket knife size to ~13 inches(including handle), a person properly trained in self defense and immobilization techniques could have handled the situation. The "shoot first, ask later" attitude is insane.

[John F Kennedy III]

exactly why anyone with a cell phone should have this on it: http://qik.com/

automatically and instantly uploads video to your account so even if the cops delete it from the phone, it's still safe in a place where they can't get to it.

This ^

[QuickZ06]

Comment from YouTube.


If we didn't have cops you would be dead because there would be no one to save your ass when someone breaks into your house for your TV. 

Guess people store these guys in their house?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXc8yyAQ6bo

[heavenlyboy34]

exactly why anyone with a cell phone should have this on it: http://qik.com/

automatically and instantly uploads video to your account so even if the cops delete it from the phone, it's still safe in a place where they can't get to it.
Does it upload photos? I only have a tracfone with a camera. (can't afford fancy phone :( )

[coastie]

It was horrible to see it reported on the news, to see the video, and hear the shots. There was no need to fire that progressively... so much for shoot to injure? Not surprised, though, sadly...


Shoot to injure is for the movies, NOBODY trains to do that in real life(regardless of what happened in this case)...

[pcosmar]

Shoot to injure is for the movies, NOBODY trains to do that in real life(regardless of what happened in this case)...

12 rounds at point blank range is piss poor shooting by any standards.

Odds are good for anyone that does know how to shoot.

[VBRonPaulFan]

Comment from YouTube.

If we didn't have cops you would be dead because there would be no one to save your ass when someone breaks into your house for your TV. 


it's a shame to see ignorance from people so complacent, they refuse to even defend themselves or their property.


Does it upload photos? I only have a tracfone with a camera. (can't afford fancy phone :( )

it's pretty much aimed at video's. most phones that are linked to something like a Google+ or facebook account will automatically upload your pics that you take to a social networking account... not necessarily instantly - but pretty quickly.

[VBRonPaulFan]

12 rounds at point blank range is piss poor shooting by any standards.

Odds are good for anyone that does know how to shoot.

well, we ARE talking about cops. i'm surprised they hit the guy at all putting out only 12 rounds.

[Origanalist]

Murderous cowards. Hero's my ass.

[proudclod229]

Craziness. All-around to be honest.

Seems to me like one of the few situations where a taser would be applicable, and they just shoot the guy about ten times?! seriously??

Irony: the man's hometown was....wait for it....HEMPSTEAD.

[Expatriate]

^^^ Exactly! Isn't this what tasers were introduced for?

[PaulConventionWV]

12 rounds at point blank range is piss poor shooting by any standards.

Odds are good for anyone that does know how to shoot.

It wasn't exactly point blank. The guy may have been like 10-20 yards from them because he was in the middle of the street, backing away when it happened.

[pcosmar]

It wasn't exactly point blank. The guy may have been like 10-20 yards from them because he was in the middle of the street, backing away when it happened.

10 yards is 30 ft. 20 yards is 60 feet.
Not from the video I saw. The camera was about 20 yards away. Cops were much closer.

Hard to tell from the video,,, but I guessed 10 feet or less.

[Origanalist]

10 yards is 30 ft. 20 yards is 60 feet.
Not from the video I saw. The camera was about 20 yards away. Cops were much closer.

Hard to tell from the video,,, but I guessed 10 feet or less.

That's what it looked like to me also. In my view this was nothing short of murder, sanctioned by the state, justified by the war on drugs.