Knife-wielding man gunned down by cops in Times Square

[shadowrider]

Cops shot a knife-wielding maniac dead on a packed Midtown street yesterday after several officers drew their weapons and chased him at gunpoint through Times Square.

“Shoot me! Shoot me!” the armed madman shouted at a crowd of more than 20 cops, who had followed him for several blocks and blasted him with pepper spray before cornering him on Seventh Avenue near West 38th Street, according to witness Robert James.

The furious 51-year-old finally lunged at the officers with his [font color = red]11-inch butcher knife[/font color], leading two cops to blast him in the torso, groin and arms at about 3 p.m., police said.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/knife_wielding_man_gunned_down_by_MXZvFdJ3C6WQqF6aBtCVNL

We need to ban assault knives to keep incidents like this from happening in the future. In all seriousness, this appears to be suicide by cop.

[Warren Stupidity]

1. How many people did this mass murderer kill before the cops got him?

By the way many states do have laws regulating the sort of knives you can purchase or carry in public. I think we are probably ok that front. The constitution is silent on the right to bear knives.

[gejohnston]

2. like switch blades

those laws were passed based on hysteria caused by movies like Rebel without a Cause and High School Confidential


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switchblade#Postwar_knives_and_the_stiletto_switchblade

[shadowrider]

3. I don't have a switchblade but I have one, 3" blade, that I can open almost as fast.

I carry it with me and use it significantly for work.

[Trunk Monkey]

5. The constitution is silent on the right to bear knives.

It most certainly is not

arms
n 1: weapons considered collectively [syn: weaponry, implements
of war, weapons system, munition]
http://dictionary.die.net/arms

The Second amendment doesn't say the right of the people to keep and bear Guns it says arms.

At the time the second amendment was written a knife or sword was considered the common weapon of the day because guns took so long to load.

Tench Coxe

Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birth-right of an American ... the unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

4. This is just a case...

...of the sixth largest army in the world protecting the mayor.

[ileus]

6. wonder why the armed men coudln't have handled a man with a knife

without shooting him.

I doubt he would have continued to wave his knife around once they pulled their guns -- but, of course, no self-respecting LEO would miss an opportunity for revenge and to try out his department training.

[Starboard Tack]

7. Very sad! Classic example of really poor police work and training.

WTF do they think Tasers are for? They also should have the knife resistant vests worn in the UK.