Hyerdahl1 wrote:
> Policeman shoots man who was threatening woman
>
> LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A city police officer shot and killed a
75-year-old man
> who was threatening a woman with a knife, authorities said.

Absurd.  Was a cop really unable to subdue a deaf, 75-year-old man with
Parkinson's disease?  The _woman_ should have been able to take him
down.  He was carrying a knife, not a broadsword.

> Louisville Metro Police Chief Robert White said Officer John Grissom
probably
> saved the woman's life by shooting James F. Hammons Sr. in the face
about 10:30

Well nice shootin', Tex.  I suppose the fatal shot to the face was
necessary, in lieu of a wounding shot to the body.

> a.m. EST Sunday morning. Police said Hammons ignored repeated orders
to drop
> the weapon and made a move on the woman before Grissom shot him.

This is peculiar.  See below.

[...]

> Hammons' family argued that police used excessive force, killing an
elderly man
> who was mostly deaf and had Parkinson's disease.

Damned right he did.

> "There was no need to shoot an old man in his home," James Hammons'
brother,
> Joseph Hammons, said. "This is just a trigger-happy cop."

But why was he trigger happy?  See below.

> The public integrity unit is investigating the incident, Mitchell
said.
> Hammons' family questioned why police did not use a Taser to stop
Hammons.

Because he was a member of the lower class (men) attacking a member of
the elite class (women), and they thought he deserved to die.

> Mitchell said Grissom, like some other officers, has not yet been
equipped with
> a Taser, which acts as a stun gun that can be used as an alternative
to deadly
> force.
>
> Mitchell said a Taser would not have helped in this situation.
>
> "He was using the lady as a human shield, which basically rendered
the Taser
> not an option," Mitchell said.

So, he was using her as a human sheild _before_ he "made a move on"
her?  Yeah right.  He was putting an uppity man in his place. 

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