I'm not sure what to think about this...
This tragic story popped up in our local news today. Some poor woman was stabbed to death by some deranged lunatic. A totally senseless act, one that has undoubtedly affected many lives.
So, why on earth would the prosecutor and then the press feel the need to describe the weapon, a knife, as a "military-blade knife"?
This strikes me as really bizarre. Just plain unwarranted sensationalism. Is this where we are at these days? First it was "military grade assault rifles" and now it's going to be "military grade knives"? Would she be less dead if it were a butcher knife, or a hunting knife, or a Swiss Army knife?
https://komonews.com/news/local/man-in-fatal-belltown-stabbing-held-on-1m-bond-after-being-charged-with-murder
Belltown stabbing suspect used military-blade knife to kill caseworker, documents say
SEATTLE — The man accused of fatally stabbing a caseworker earlier this week at a Belltown apartment building was formally charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in connection with the death of the woman who was stabbed 12 times by a military-grade knife.
Hans Dewey Van-Belkum, 58, was being held at the King County Jail in lieu of a $1 million bond in connection with the death of Kristin Benson, who worked at the Scargo-Lewiston apartment building. She was found dead shortly before 11 a.m. by police and medics who were called to the building, located near 1st Avenue and Blanchard Street, for a report of a stabbing...
...According to court documents, prosecutors said Van-Belkum allegedly used a "military-grade weapon of death apparently purchased specifically to kill Ms. Benson."