Investigation Underway After San Francisco Police Shoot Man In Wheelchair That Was Puncturing Car Tires And Allegedly Stabbed An Officer (2 VIDEOS)


 

Use-of-force experts who viewed the video recording of San Francisco police shooting a man in a wheelchair questioned why officers moved dangerously close to the knife-wielding suspect and said an electronic Taser would have been the ideal weapon to use in that confrontation.

Tuesday's shooting outside the city's Department of Public Health building on 10th and Howard Streets occurred moments after officers responded to a 10:18 a.m. report of an agitated man puncturing car tires.

Police Chief George Gascón said the suspect, who remains at San Francisco General Hospital recovering from non-life-threatening gunshot wounds, had stabbed a responding officer in the upper left shoulder before a passer-by began video-recording the incident. Gascón also said officers used pepper spray on the man in a failed attempt to subdue him before the video started.

David Klinger, an expert on police use of force and an associate professor of criminology at the University Of Missouri-St.Louis, cautioned that the video offers a two-dimensional glimpse of the incident and that it remains only "one piece of the investigation."

Yet Klinger, a former Los Angeles patrol officer, also wondered why officers closed in on a man who had already stabbed one of their own and continued to behave erratically.

"Given that officers are trained to give distance between themselves with suspects who are armed and dangerous, at first blush I'd want to know why they were getting in that close," Klinger said.

At times on the video, it appears officers stand within 5 feet of the slow-moving suspect, then about 10 feet just before the shooting.

Officers are trained to stay at least 20 feet away from agitated and dangerous suspects when no barriers exist, Klinger said.

Klinger also said the officers may have experienced perceptional distortion - a momentary loss of time and distance awareness during heightened states of perceived threat.

"They may look at that video and say, 'Oh my gosh, I thought I was much farther away from him.' Or they might say, 'I thought I was right on top of him.' "

The sensory alteration may also explain why San Francisco police initially reported the suspect was standing when he was shot, not seated as the video shows.

On Tuesday, Gascón asked that the public consider the demands of policing in a life-threatening situation before casting judgment.

During a news conference where the chief gave a moment-by-moment explanation of the video to "put it in proper context," he admitted it appeared that the suspect had thrown his knife to the ground, not toward officers.

Less than one second after the suspect's throwing motion, the officers opened fire.

"The problem is that what the officers perceive and what is occurring are two different things," Gascón said.

The video shows at least four plainclothes officers with guns drawn and two uniformed officers surrounding the suspect in his wheelchair. At least two officers involved in the shooting were placed on administrative leave, police said, and there could be more as the investigation continues.

Tuesday's shooting was the second by San Francisco police within a week's time that Gascón said could have been avoided if his department was equipped with Tasers.

On Dec. 29, police fatally shot a knife-wielding man, Vinh Bui, inside his Portola district home.

Steve Ijames, an expert in nonlethal police tactics, said that in Tuesday's shooting, a Taser would have been better suited than pepper spray or beanbag shots, which are useless against pain-averse suspects. Suspects who are incapacitated by drugs or enduring a psychotic episode often do not respond to such warnings.

"Of the few options they had, the Taser would have been the most effective," Ijames said. "The Taser locks up the body. That's why it's uniquely qualified. You don't want to hurt them, but you also don't want them throwing knives at people." Source

 

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Comment by Rune Sand on January 8, 2011 at 11:56am
I crushed my skull,broke my neck and back.It is 15 years ago.The police are still her to kill my family with 38 special Smith and Wesson.It is something spiritual with human wrecks.The vultures feed on us like vulturures.It is an impossible state.The police has "killed",by pushing everybody I know with hurts from accidents.We are Gods compare to normal persons.When we buy medicine,like weed,the police comes and brakes up our hurts with violence.It is like an Egyptian Army from Faraoh`s Paradice!Unbelivable!
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Comment by SouthSideChaley.com on January 7, 2011 at 9:34am
@Eddie, He threw the knife toward the building. No where in these videos did they say, "He threw the knife at officers.
They had a bean bag shotgun on the scene, that pig that shot with the actual gun needs to go to jail for aggravated assault w/weapon
Comment by Ms.Unaware Book "UnAware" Coming on January 6, 2011 at 11:01pm
Wow!
Comment by Eddie on January 6, 2011 at 11:01pm
Ppl always talking about f the police but fail to blame the dumb people out here who do nonsense like this.  If you were in that position and he threw a knife at you, you would have shot him too.  In my opinion I say for one day the police should allow total chaos and see how much you all still say f the police.  Simple if its f anyone it should be the crooked cops who abuse their power and the dumb a** criminals
Comment by Jason on January 6, 2011 at 10:42pm
dude, its a dude in a wheel chair for fu.ck sake, hit the cu.nt with a extendable batton
Comment by Blak Godi on January 6, 2011 at 9:55pm
Sweet 16 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwZYkwXQwnk
Comment by Dale Hansen on January 6, 2011 at 7:42pm
Let this be a message to everybody who thinks it's ok to go around stabbing. If you do it: you get shot. Wheel chair or not. Good job police.
Comment by Dale Hansen on January 6, 2011 at 7:12pm
It's my tax $$ that pay for these police therefore they work for me. If a person is wilding out on the street with a knife I want the police to shoot the b******. That's their job. Money well spent. Who cares how they stopped him; as long as they stopped him.
Comment by Dale Hansen on January 6, 2011 at 7:08pm
Its my tax $$ that pay for these police. If somebody is willing out in the street with a knife I Sanctus police to shoot the b******. Period. That's what we pay them for. Job well done.

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