[widgeon13]

I watched the video, not much to see.

The cop must have been on crack to shoot so quickly after asking Williams to drop the knife. I think he watched one too many Indiana Jones movies.

"Birk, 27, has said he stopped Williams because he was carrying an open-bladed knife and a piece of wood while walking across the intersection of Boren Avenue and Howell Street on Aug. 30. Birk said he fired when Williams didn't respond to three commands to drop the knife. Williams, a First Nations member in Canada, was struck by four bullets."

From listening to the tape, it seems he hardly gave the guy a chance to drop the knife. Pretty sad if this is what law enforcement has come to.