Okay, I exaggerate a little.
San Francisco police responded to reports Tuesday morning of a knife wielding man in a wheelchair who was slashing tires on a car.
The wheelchair guy was apparently acting like a lunatic when one of the initial responding officer tried to control him with pepper spray, got too close and was stabbed. Several other officers arrived thereafter and, after a short standoff in the middle of 10th Street, knife man was shot with a beanbag shotgun and a handgun.
Raw cellphone video here — it’s an intense situation with strong language. The stabbed officer and the disabled suspect are both recovering from their injuries with non-life-threatening injuries, and of course the second guessing has begun!
Proper use of non-deadly force.
You stab or slice an officer and you’ve escalated the situation beyond your control.
The pepper spray and shotgun bean bag are considered non-lethal, but the service firearm is definitely deadly force.
My guess: cop clenched his trigger finger when he heard the shotgun boom.
dude they shot him in the groin…
sounds like he pissed someone off