Video shows Muskogee officer shooting knife-wielding man

[RugersGR8]

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Video shows Muskogee officer shooting knife-wielding man
From Staff Reports Published: August 17, 2017 3:50 PM CDT
Updated: August 17, 2017 3:50 PM CDT

 

[Defcon Shooter]

Looks like he was just across the street from the hospital. That was a smart move by the knife wielding idiot.

 

[RugersGR8]

http://newsok.com/muskogee-officer-...il&utm_email=cc7f83a9c92eaeeed1018db0de7bea8f
Muskogee officer-involved shooting ruled justified
From Staff Reports Published: August 18, 2017 3:33 PM CDT Updated: August 18, 2017 3:54 PM CDT

 

[steelfingers]

I think a taser would have been enough. That's easy for me to say sitting in my recliner at home and not a cop dealing with a nut with a knife.

 

[GlockPride]

I think a taser would have been enough. That's easy for me to say sitting in my recliner at home and not a cop dealing with a nut with a knife.

I've got to disagree. Very, very rarely does knife = taser. Knife equals lethal force, so gun.

Good shoot and shooting. Suspect was given numerous chances to comply and failed to do so. I personally would have given more distance as cover from the suspect, but all's well than ends well. The man is very lucky to have survived.

 

[steelfingers]

I've got to disagree. Very, very rarely does knife = taser. Knife equals lethal force, so gun.

Good shoot and shooting. Suspect was given numerous chances to comply and failed to do so. I personally would have given more distance as cover from the suspect, but all's well than ends well. The man is very lucky to have survived.

That was a dumb thing for me (a civilian) to say. Not having to face that situation, I have no level of expertise or training, to really comment.
I hold LEO's in high regard and thank those that protect and serve.

 

[D. Hargrove]

Dude was wrong and the Officer held ground long enough. More patience than I would have displayed I am sure.

 

[Youngers Bend]

It's been demonstrated many times that a person can cover 21 feet and stab an officer before he can draw his weapon. True the officer's gun was drawn, but he appeared to be closer than 21 ft. A big sharp knife like that is guaranteed to destroy more tissue than three pistol rounds. Butchers don't use pistols to dissemble 1000 pound steers, but a 5 inch sharp blade does it quite nicely.

 

[D. Hargrove]

Agreed, the Officer did well, the bad guy...not so much.

 

[RugersGR8]

In almost every instance that I have ever watched, there was more than one officer at the scene when they tased the perp. That way if the taser didn't take the offender down there was back-up firearms to deal with him and the situation. IIRC, the link below was about the only time that I recall an officer doing a solo tase on the offender. As you can see, even he wasn't completely down for the count after being tased twice. Since this happened inside a McDonald's restaurant, IMHO the taser was preferable to using a firearm:

https://www.okshooters.com/threads/...h-fries-but-he-got-fries.242401/#post-2980882