Video shows police open fire on California man holding a fork
Newly released video shows the moments when Los Angeles police opened fire on a man who as holding a plastic fork. The officers appear to fire several non lethal rounds as the man continued to move toward them. Officers initially responded to a 911 caller who claimed an armed homeless man was getting aggressive with an employee.
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Can you blame them? Could you imagine if he was able to get away with killing them by letting them bleed out after taking 10 minutes to cause thousands of tiny puncture wounds without anyone that didn't have a gun being able to do anything about it?!
Do you know how many cops die from forkings every year? Well... neither do I, but it's probably a whole lot.
Typical anti-cop sentiment from around here.
Give them a break. They thought it was an acorn.
7 cops couldn't take down a little guy with a plastic fork without killing him? How embarrassing.
But what if he poked them? That'd hurt, man. Can't take the risk.
Watch the video next time, they shot him multiple times with "less lethal" rounds. He died from the injuries.
There are no such things as non lethal rounds.
Fair enough. My only correction, again, is that there are no such things as non lethal rounds.
They literally start CPR on him at the end of the video and the bottom text says "killing of a man".
Hope much more clear do you want the fact that he's dead to be?
Well, he's poor, and that's about as good as being black when it comes to police interactions. I guess they'll find no wrongdoing.
Fucking wild man. This guy is one of the reasons for shit like this.
That guy's a piece of shit and should be followed in public.
Why wasn’t there a good guy with a fork to stop him?
Good thing it was a fork and not a plastic knife. Plastic knives ARE lethal weapons.
Makes sense. Officers like to fork, not get forked.
He said he wanted to eat bacon...
Fuck! I feel bad now!
I'm going to hell aren't I?