DocWalker
Regular Member
The article says they were in close quarters and a mentally ill amputee tried stabbing a police officer while apparently making threats - btw he was the reason of the call in the first place. If the only information we have to argue about is in that article - then wtf is there to argue? Given the information this was a defensive homicide.
This thread makes me want to wash my hands of this place. You guys weren't in their shoes, you don't know the lay out of the building, who was standing where at what time and all that jazz, you sound crazy calling this a bad shoot.
I work in a VA hospital and before that I worked for a Fire Department and Ambulance company with over 20 years of Emergency Room experience. I have had my share and continue to have my share of mentally aggresive (both handicap and not) patients. I have been smacked, kicked, decked (yes I actually seen stars), bitten, and threatened and not once did they allow me to shoot any of them.
I need to get this to the hospital administration so we can get a new policy of shoot first and ask questions later.