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From the USA Today article in regards to the paragraph: > The DOJ has not clarified whether the knife was on the floorboard throughout the confrontation, or if
by drew-y 6y ago
From the USA Today article in regards to the paragraph:
> The DOJ has not clarified whether the knife was on the floorboard throughout the confrontation, or if Blake may have held it at some point. Spokeswoman Gillian Drummond declined to answer that question when asked by USA TODAY on Aug. 27.
- ibejoeb 6y agoWe can discuss what kind of armed he was, but the fact that he was armed is not controversial, and that it the one and only point I am making. I'm also making it in good faith, because it's entirely possible that all of the bad reporting on it would lead someone to believe that he was unarmed. That's the only reason for any of these replies.
- drew-y 6y agoThat’s just it. I don’t think it can be stated that he was armed at this point. We know a knife was in the car. That’s about it. Personally, I wouldn’t consider him to be armed unless he was actively brandishing it. Which the USA Today article says he was not. Regardless. They shot a man in the back seven times while his children watched. The standard for that kind of force should be much, much higher than “he may or may not have had a knife in his possession”.