Police Officer Shoots Crazed Knife Attacker

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An excellent video that brings home just how little time a person has to deal with someone attacking with a knife. A cop was forced to shoot a woman who came after him with a knife. Unfortunately she was able to strike him a couple of times before he shot her.


Personally I think he should have shot her before she got that close to him but my guess is either department policies or fear of political repurcussions made him hold back until she actually started slashing him.

The crazy lady with the knife was a former georgetown basketball player so of course the usual crowd is insisting this is murder. I feel sorry for the poor cop.
 
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Taking out the trash............poor job of frisking?
Mistakes bite.

PIS's, get her AG sister involved in NYS.
 
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He did an ok job in this IMO. He let the suspect get way too close and should have shot her 10-15 further away. Also should have dispatched the situation if able to quicker. He should have been scanning for other threats as well. Easy to say sitting here.
 
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tirwin1 said:
An excellent video that brings home just how little time a person has to deal with someone attacking with a knife. A cop was forced to shoot a woman who came after him with a knife. Unfortunately she was able to strike him a couple of times before he shot her.


Personally I think he should have shot her before she got that close to him but my guess is either department policies or fear of political repurcussions made him hold back until she actually started slashing him.

The crazy lady with the knife was a former georgetown basketball player so of course the usual crowd is insisting this is murder. I feel sorry for the poor cop.
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Could hear the death rattle starting at 1:06
 
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Low SA (backed into a dead end) and forgot the 21 foot rule, which is still too close to initiate a kinetic response, IMHO.

Damn, she came out of the door ready to rock.

Perhaps there were some illegal substances in use? o_O

Knocks on door and huge woman answers with a shiv in hand and he asks "How are you?".
 
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Zerex said:
Taking out the trash............poor job of frisking?
Mistakes bite.

PIS's, get her AG sister involved in NYS.
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The LEO was there to conduct a welfare check. There was no opportunity to frisk at all.
Although when she appeared with the knife (in the OP video), it was actually the second time she opened the door to him. The first time she closed it in his face. If anything that would have been the moment to anticipate that she had retrieved a weapon and then create distance.

Watch the video here, you'll see what I mean.
nypost.com

Disturbing video shows towering, knife-wielding woman gunned down after repeatedly stabbing cop

Sydney Wilson, 33, was fatally shot by Fairfax County officer Peter Liu in the hall of her apartment building in Reston, just outside Washington D.C., on Sept. 16 after cops were called to carry ou…
nypost.com nypost.com

She was a mental health specialist. I guess no one is immune. But I wonder if he knew of her background and that it may have led to some complacency on his part?
 
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We have all seen the 27 foot attack for officers in training. I always wondered why an NYS officer could consider a person with a knife, coming at them or not at distance, a threat and use deadly force while the NYS citizen receives only 6 feet to deal with the same situation.

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RedBreast21 said:
We have all seen the 27 foot attack for officers in training. I always wondered why an NYS officer could consider a person with a knife, coming at them or not at distance, a threat and use deadly force while the NYS citizen receives only 6 feet to deal with the same situation.

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Where does it say we have 6 feet to deal with a knife attacker? We have a duty to retreat but never heard the 6 foot rule.
 
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RedBreast21 said:
We have all seen the 27 foot attack for officers in training. I always wondered why an NYS officer could consider a person with a knife, coming at them or not at distance, a threat and use deadly force while the NYS citizen receives only 6 feet to deal with the same situation.

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Feel free to provide the section of law that states 6 feet.
I'll wait.
 
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prambo said:
Low SA (backed into a dead end) and forgot the 21 foot rule, which is still too close to initiate a kinetic response, IMHO.

Damn, she came out of the door ready to rock.

Perhaps there were some illegal substances in use? o_O

Knocks on door and huge woman answers with a shiv in hand and he asks "How are you?".
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Precisely why it's been taught...."you made one mistake: you let me get too close."
 
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