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That incident took place one county south of my home. Saw the video on the local news and it was immediately apparent that it was a suicide by cop, haven't heard any hand wringing or complaing about police violence around here, general concensus seems to be "Well if you don't want to get shot by a cop, don't pretend you have a gun and charge at them". I was happy to see one of the officers arrive with a long gun, glimpse looked like an AR type rifle. K9 units are not common in the are where it happened, could have taken hours to get a K9 unit there. All in all in the end, my opinion is, it was a bad deal, officers forced to shoot someone, the officers certainly would have preferred that he lay down and surrender, but the subject made his choice, and all the officers went home to their families. My thoughts and prayers go to the officer that fired, even though it seems to be a good shoot, he will no doubt have some personal emotions to come to grips with.
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