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February 22, 2005 by Stew et al
Ok this will be short. Recently on CNN.com there was an article about a man who was shot by police officers as he was yielding a chain saw. http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/22/saw.attack.ap/index.html My issue with this is I believe that the police used excessive force. I agree that this person had some serious issues. I also agree that a chain saw is a lethal weapon, at short range. In short the man was shot and killed. An officer was struck with the saw, the chain was obviously not e...
February 22, 2005 by Stew et al
Ok this will be short. Recently on CNN.com there was an article about a man who was shot by police officers as he was yielding a chain saw. http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/22/saw.attack.ap/index.html My issue with this is I believe that the police used excessive force. I agree that this person had some serious issues. I also agree that a chain saw is a lethal weapon, at short range. In short the man was shot and killed. An officer was struck with the saw, the chain was obviously not ...