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Police shot and killed a Long Island man who was wielding a knife near Times Square Saturday afternoon.
Darrius Kennedy, 51, of Hempstead, N.Y., according to police, was the man involved in the incident, which took place around 3 p.m. in the vicinity of West 44th Street and Seventh Avenue.
According to police, officers approached a man who appeared to be smoking a marijuana cigarette and began questioning him. When the officers moved to arrest him, he became agitated and pulled out a knife that authorities say was nearly a foot long.
Police say that officers repeatedly ordered him to drop the knife as he backed down Seventh Avenue, and used pepper spray on him six times to try to disarm him, but he refused to drop the weapon.
Authorities say the man then lunged at the officers, at which point officers shot him in the torso. It is uncertain how many shots were fired.
Nothing was excessive in this situation. The use of lethal force was justified. If a tourist was attacked by this man, the NYPD would never hear the end of it.
The knife-wielding nutjob who paralyzed Times Square before he was shot dead by cops had a lengthy rap sheet including a Midtown bust for threatening cops with a screwdriver, sources said.
A pair of veteran patrol cops squeezed off 12 shots at the pot-fueled madman as he lunged within two to three feet of them brandishing an 11-inch IKEA kitchen carving knife, NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said today.
Kennedy, who had no known address but was believed flopping somewhere in Washington Heights, had 11 priors, including busts for pot possession and robbery.
In November 2008, he was arrested after he was found standing in the middle of Broadway at 66th Street yelling at passing cars.
When cops approached, he threatened them with a screwdriver and screamed “I’m going to f- -k you up!” and was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment.
they should have just shot the knife instead of shooting him
they should have just shot the knife instead of shooting him
Do you know how small of a target that is even aiming for his hand?they should have just shot the knife instead of shooting him
they should have just shot the knife instead of shooting him
they should have just shot the knife instead of shooting him
Exactly. I'm shocked that so many people are taking this post seriously right now, its clearly a joke.wutthey should have just shot the knife instead of shooting him
Do you know how small of a target that is even aiming for his hand?
That is just asking for bystanders to get hit.
All I want to know is why tasers weren't used.
Other than that, good job.
None of the more than 20 cops who pursued Kennedy down Seventh Avenue from where he was spotted smoking a joint were armed with tasers, he said.
Now this, I don't believe.From the NYP article I posted:Do you know how small of a target that is even aiming for his hand?
That is just asking for bystanders to get hit.
All I want to know is why tasers weren't used.
Other than that, good job.
None of the more than 20 cops who pursued Kennedy down Seventh Avenue from where he was spotted smoking a joint were armed with tasers, he said.
Now this, I don't believe.
They're not even TRYING to equip officers with less-lethal weapons.
Tellingly, the NYPD doesn't even allow regular beat cops to carry Tasers, reserving those for sergeants and specially trained Emergency Service Unit officers.
Thats even MORE ridiculous.Now this, I don't believe.
They're not even TRYING to equip officers with less-lethal weapons.LinkTellingly, the NYPD doesn't even allow regular beat cops to carry Tasers, reserving those for sergeants and specially trained Emergency Service Unit officers.
It was warranted. Nothing else to say.