Seattle police officer Birk won't go to trial for killing woodcarver Williams
source: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/435541_shooting15.html
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This has been a hot topic in Seattle for months now. I actually thought the authorities would use this case to teach the police some better behavior. There is a police video that shows that the officer stopped the car after he saw a man with a small knife and a piece of wood on his hand walk down the street, got out, yelled at the man, and, just four seconds after leaving the car, shot him dead with four bullets. Now the case is being made that this was all proper conduct. Makes me afraid to go for a walk myself - at my age, my hearing is not what it was, and I might not notice some young guy yelling after me, expecting me to stop and react.
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/435541_shooting15.html
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/435541_shooting15.html
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Today it's on the Seattle Times, that, even though Birk won't be criminally charged, the shooting has been ruled "unjustified". Therefore he might get fired, but then again he might not.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2014246971_apwaseattlepoliceshoo... - 1 year ago
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