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Originally posted by Pie-kun
Um, are you trying to claim that he walked onto some unprotected abandoned bus in the middle of the street? Because every report I've seen is that he brandished a knife on a running bus and ordered everyone off.
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So they should have tasered him, taken into custody, charged, tried, and given some jail time and maybe counseling to nip this kind of behavior in the bud.
How many cops with GUNS you can see in the video against a 17 yr old. with a knife?
If you select 1080 as the video quality on YouTube, you can get a better sense as to the actual sequence of events. Sammy Yatim was standing just behind the front of the car, visible in the first window. He dropped his arms and headed toward the front/entrance. The Toronto police immediate fired, before any determination as to Sammy Yatim's intent could possible be made -- they fired at first forward movement at a person some 15 feet from them, holding a knife.
Later in the video, you can hear a taser being used, apparently on the injured Sammy Yatim. Why wasn't a taser used earlier?