Cops executed a guy today.

**Kermit** · 01-27-22, 07:43 PM

What did he point at them?

**Bluehorseshoe** · 01-27-22, 07:46 PM

Originally posted by Kermit

What did he point at them.

A box cutter. They had talked to him earlier and knew he had it.

The incident began just before 2 p.m., THP Sgt. John said, when a trooper came into contact with the man on the interstate who had what appeared to be a box cutter.

An MNPD spokesperson at the scene said the trooper saw a man sitting on a guardrail and went to check on him. At some point, he said, the man pulled out a boxcutter.

At the same time, police said, an off-duty Mt. Juliet police officer stopped and got out to "assist the trooper and deescalate the situation."

The officers then waited for backup to arrive.

Multiple ambulances and law enforcement officers from agencies then responded to the scene, before the man was shot.

**DiggityDaggityDo** · 01-27-22, 07:49 PM

Suicide by cops.

Metro police said after about 30 minutes, the man, who had the box cutter in his left hand and his right hand in his pocket, made an abrupt motion with his right hand. Police said the man was holding a "silver shiny cylindrical object" that was not a firearm in his right hand.

Police said because of the man's quick movement and officers not knowing what the object was, the group of nine officers shot at him. He was hit several times and pronounced dead after being taken to a Nashville hospital.

**firstclass** · 01-27-22, 08:09 PM

Comply or take a chance to die, Nothing wrong here

**hawkwind** · 01-27-22, 08:17 PM

Bang, Bang I shot U down another Felon Hits the Ground. Saved tax payers MILLIONS, no not U B1Savage U don't pay taxes.

**Kermit** · 01-27-22, 08:19 PM

Originally posted by Bluehorseshoe

A box cutter. They had talked to him earlier and knew he had it.

They knew he had a box cutter, but didn't know if he had anything else in his pocket. From the video, he made a motion like he was pulling out a gun.

He obviously had some mental issues.

**b1slickguy** · 01-27-22, 09:10 PM

Originally posted by Kermit

They knew he had a box cutter, but didn't know if he had anything else in his pocket. From the video, he made a motion like he was pulling out a gun.

He obviously had some mental issues.

They'll investigate themselves and find no wrongdoing...and it appears rightfully so with what the video shows.

**Ebumdude** · 01-27-22, 10:06 PM

He used both hands to make it look like he drew a weapon from his waistband. Suicide by cop.

**Fred The Hammer** · 01-27-22, 10:19 PM

Sad, but their tactics never change? Rubber bullet in the gut and he goes down and they could Rodney King him from there if they wanted to. He'd atleast live. This is 2022? They have to have alternatives to going Las Vegas Country Concert on the guy

**MoneyM1ke** · 01-27-22, 10:52 PM

Good thing he was white no looting in Nashville tonight

**stevenash** · 01-27-22, 11:26 PM

Originally posted by DiggityDaggityDo

Suicide by cops.

This

**PharaohUB** · 01-28-22, 01:32 AM

This was real close to me. Def suicide by cop. The two shotguns shots at end wasn’t really necessary though

**robert_wrath** · 01-28-22, 03:26 AM

They coulda easily shot him in the Shoulder to suppress the would be threat. Appears that the law enforcement agents were Trigger Happy against 1 Perp.

**Bluehorseshoe** · 01-28-22, 05:17 AM

So the cops were right up next to this guy for hours before and didn't know he had a gun or not? Why were they still there if they didn't frisk him?

The time they decided he was a threat and pulled their guns out, they could have just tazed him. lol

**stevenash** · 01-28-22, 07:55 AM

Originally posted by Bluehorseshoe

So the cops were right up next to this guy for hours before and didn't know he had a gun or not? Why were they still there if they didn't frisk him?

The time they decided he was a threat and pulled their guns out, they could have just tazed him. lol

I get it, you're a cop hater.

**Bluehorseshoe** · 01-28-22, 10:02 AM

Originally posted by stevenash

I get it, you're a cop hater.

Not at all. That female cop in Minnesota should not be in jail.

Each case is different and this was pretty bad.

**Optional** · 01-28-22, 12:08 PM

Why are cops trained to stand around for 4 hours.

Why is 9 of them firing at him at once how they are trained to act?

Surely over the course of 4 hours they could assign one officer to use deadly force if needed in a stand off.

Wonder how the god fearing justify this.

"Thou shall not kill", well unless someone in a 1 v 9 standoff moves his hand the wrong way.

or maybe does not "comply" is enough for some church goers to modify their god's law.

Originally posted by firstclass

Comply or take a chance to die, Nothing wrong here

Hey Firstclass, weren't you the same guy all outraged that Aussie cops would dare manhandle and pepper spray people who were not "complying"?

But you're all up for killing people who don't comply ya say now...

Zero chance those Melbourne cops would have needed 9 men, taken 4 hours to handle it, or killed the bloke.

**vivablu** · 01-28-22, 12:17 PM

imagine if the guy who got shot was black...the whole world would have known about it.

**Roscoe_Word** · 01-28-22, 12:31 PM

Usually its "another police officer executed" in the news.

Not a day goes by.

The "Defund the Police" initiative has emboldened criminals.

Can't ever remembering cop killings, massive smash n' grabs, murders being this bad.

**BeatTheJerk** · 01-28-22, 01:35 PM

I’m so fuckin’ happy he was white & we don’t have to hear from the sensitive bitch made BLM’ers.

**captrobey** · 01-28-22, 05:43 PM

I would not say executed he pulled something out and pointed it at them first they took no chances. He sounded like he even yelled bang.

**slewfan** · 01-28-22, 06:37 PM

I wonder what percentage of rounds actually hit him.?.

Cops should be taking target practice a few times a week..

**themike78** · 01-28-22, 06:49 PM

Originally posted by vivablu

imagine if the guy who got shot was black...the whole world would have known about it.

Exactly. I haven't seen this story any where else but here. It's amazing how racist our country is against white people. It's only news if the person is black. And then everyone can go riot and loot because cops are racist or something. When will these idiots realize cops do this to everybody not just black people.

**thetrinity** · 01-28-22, 11:31 PM

He was white, his life didn’t matter

**Optional** · 01-29-22, 10:14 AM

Originally posted by themike78

It's amazing how racist our country is against white people.

Originally posted by thetrinity

He was white, his life didn’t matter

i don't get how you guys can say this out loud and then look at yourselves in the mirror without cringing. Or at least laughing.

Please do not include my race in your victim hood crying.

The world has only changed for self entitled racists, not "white people".

Now, chins up Karens. Ya'll still got it just fine compared to just about any other skin color group.

**semibluff** · 01-29-22, 11:35 AM

The police should have ended the situation much earlier and with non-lethal force. That said the man appeared to fake a gun attack at the end. Armed police and military all around the World are trained to respond to that situation. The public didn't deserve to be inconvenienced on the highway either. I'm not unsympathetic about the man that died but frankly i'm a lot more sympathetic to the millions of people who are fleeing from starvation and violence in Africa, Syria, Afghanistan, and a bunch of other places, none of whom will individually get a moment's thought.

Race and religion shouldn't be relevant.

**pavyracer** · 01-29-22, 12:09 PM

When was the last time a man surrounded by police in a highway during daylight managed to escape by killing all cops who were pointing guns at him?

**DiggityDaggityDo** · 01-29-22, 12:41 PM

The Nashville officer who fired the final two shots has been stripped of his police powers during the investigation, while five other officers have been reassigned to desk duties.

**hostile takeover** · 01-29-22, 01:19 PM

Whether he was black or white this was kinda fuked.

Sounded like about 30 rounds for a guy they knew had a box cutter and were still shooting well after he was dead on the cement.

**Ebumdude** · 01-29-22, 03:56 PM

Originally posted by DiggityDaggityDo

The Nashville officer who fired the final two shots has been stripped of his police powers during the investigation, while five other officers have been reassigned to desk duties.

Overkill. That’s the dumbass with the shotgun.

**pavyracer** · 01-29-22, 06:25 PM

1. They could have used a K-9 to subdue him.
2. They could have used a taser.
3. They could have used a tranquilizer shot.
4. They could have used rubber bullets or beanie bags.
5. They could have shot his arm to drop the box cutter.
6. They coud have shot his leg.
7. They could all 9 of them launch at him and gang tackle him.

But no shooting him 40 times was the only way to resolve the situation!

**hehfest** · 01-29-22, 07:25 PM

They sure looked like Bolshevik firing squads in that video. Not sure what that guy did? Unless, it was a mass murder he doesn't deserve that treatment. This has gotten way out of hand for the Police. Somehow, they don't use "live" common sense and threat assessment very well.

**hehfest** · 01-29-22, 07:29 PM

This must be the REFORMED method of POLICING they kept talking about?

**Art Vandelay** · 01-29-22, 07:31 PM

Originally posted by DiggityDaggityDo

Suicide by cops.

Metro police said after about 30 minutes, the man, who had the box cutter in his left hand and his right hand in his pocket, made an abrupt motion with his right hand. Police said the man was holding a "silver shiny cylindrical object" that was not a firearm in his right hand.

Police said because of the man's quick movement and officers not knowing what the object was, the group of nine officers shot at him. He was hit several times and pronounced dead after being taken to a Nashville hospital.

I'd say he was hit "several" times!