Philadelphia police confirm that two officers fired 14 shots at Black man killed Monday

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Philadelphia police officials revealed Tuesday that two police officers fired seven shots each at Walter Wallace Jr, a 27-year-old black man who was killed while approaching them with a knife. Police officials said it has yet to be determined how many shots actually hit Mr Wallace.

 

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14 shots were fired to kill a black man w/o any heinousness w/as not even one shot was needed to apprehend him

2 cops14 bullets v 1 knife? WTAF!

You could have said “knife wielding maniac” instead….possibly more relevant than his sex or skin melanin content.

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WTF? They couldn’t disable him with 1 or 2 shots, so fired 14 just to make sure. UNFREAKINGREAL!!!!!

Is it too much to ask that they at least try to exhaust less lethal options first? It’s not like they don’t have it and aren’t trained for it.

And 2 black women stabed a white man to death un Chicago.

Why did you mention his skin colour?

They certainely do have a reason they did so

Don’t they have taser over there? Or they were not working at that time?

One US policeman is shot on average every day. He had every opportunity not to run at them with a knife.

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