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The incident unfolded on Aug. 2, 2022, after police received several 911 calls saying a man had broken into the municipal building and set several fires inside.

Officers arrived to find the suspect still inside the building, armed with a large machete.

Two officers armed with Anti Riot Weapon Enfield (ARWEN) devices shot the suspect nine times over the course of 35 minutes.

Despite undergoing surgery, the man lost one testicle. The other was injured and only a portion could be saved.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (18 children)

This gives a whole new meaning to the phrase, "f*** around and find out." Brutal.

What is it with these perps carrying machetes? A machete is for toting around in the woods and brush, not downtown. And threatening police with a machete is a real stupid move and removes all sympathy for the suspect. Just dumb.

On the same site a Canadian suspect fled across the border into USA and was captured by the Washington State Patrol. This genius also had a machete. What gives?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Pretty sure I read somewhere that people are more intimidated by bladed weapons than guns because a gun can only hurt in one direction.

Idk if this is true though it was a while ago that I read this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A police officer is a weapon.

A soldier is a weapon.

These are weapons wielded by the state that kill vastly more victims than common criminals with guns or blades. VASTLY MORE by massive orders of magnitude.

People are intimidated by the tools when they should be concerned about the weapons.

#Guns #Knives #Police #Military #State #Imperialism #EthnicCleansing #Genocide

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

A police officer is a weapon.

A soldier is a weapon.

These are weapons wielded by the state

The dimestore anarchy stuff is tiring.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Liar. The nym-shifty trolls (you) are tiring. You'll have to nymshift again. [blocked]

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