The video also shows Wallace became incapacitated after the first shot of 14 that two officers fired at him, said lawyer Shaka Johnson, describing footage he said police showed him and other members of Wallace's family before a plan to release it and 911 calls publicly.
The video shows "instant panic" from officers whose training taught them only how to open fire, he said, noting he saw no viable attempt from officers to deescalate the situation. Police also faced rebuke from Philadelphia leaders as the anguished city bemoaned the department's response to a year of extraordinary, and sometimes violent, civil unrest.
The moves follow days of protests, store break-ins and ATM thefts after the death of Wallace, a Black man, that led the mayor to lock down the city Wednesday night with an overnight curfew. In a news conference Wednesday, Outlaw lamented the lack of a behavioural health unit in a department she joined only this year.
"The unjustified shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. this week has our city both raging and grieving, but also extraordinarily purposeful about taking action," Gym said.
Experts they are
Cops are cops and laws are laws, break the laws and resist the cops and you're dead, that's order and it's the reason we're able to live in peace. How about these 'angels' starts working a legit job to earn money instead of crimes? Earn it, don't steal it.
Very simple. Quit calling the police.
And Wallace didn’t drop the knife
Wrong the family didn't say that there lawyer said it, its all on tape. Of course there is money in the wings for them. CTV journalists really suck at what they do.
The police did what they were trained for. This idiot got what he was asking for!
Fake news... complete and utter horschshit. Someone is running at you with a knife as you repeatedly ask them to put it down.. what would you do?
Yes because they know the training , right ?
The cop had other options but didn't use them. That puts them at least partially at fault.
Yes they should throw confetti 🎉 when a man is charging them w a knife !
They were trained pretty well. Stopped the threat from harming anybody else.
How about giving cops somesupport they deseve here. How about writing appealing young people not to donatupid stuff like that? How about doing some real reporting?
BS
Bahahahhahaha if someone came at me with a knife I'd empty the fucking clip
They are not trained to deal with mentally ill people who run around with weapons.
What type of training does this family have? The officers gave him plenty of time/chances. You attack a police officer with a weapon, you can expect police to act. Period.
I doubt that
Hmmm, didn’t a guy in France just kill three people with a knife? Yet the Police in Philly shouldn’t have shot him?
Family unable to handle knife-wielding relative. Calls for assistance. Tells media police were unable to handle knife-wielding maniac.
Liars
Sure, all the criminals are improperly educated good person s, send them all to Work for CTV...
They deserve a lot of credit for saying that.
I woulda mag dumped on that fool too
What would you do if a man continued approaching you while holding a knife and your job was to protect the community?
Oh the family says. Everyone is aware he was running at police with a butchers knife in his hand right? FakeNews
Or Wallace was improperly parented...
I have had absolutely no law enforcement training but I would not shoot a person 7 times when his family is shouting, “He’s mentally ill.” I would try to calm him down first. If he then tried to attack me, I might have to shoot him but 7 times? Come on! That’s utter nonsense.
He came at a cop with a knife. Enough of this shit
Yeah, except that they were.
It would appear so. It would also appear that lack of training is now a reason for rioting and looting.
law and order
They should have either shot that knife waving around, out of his hand. Otherwise, called in a social worker to give out free hugs.
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