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What's that about bringing a knife to a gunfight? Maryland police release footage of fatal police shooting Maryland police have released body camera footage of an officer fatally shooting a man who rushed toward him with a knife. The shooting happened Thursday in White Oak, just outside Washington. The officer involved in the shooting was identified as Montgomery County Police Sgt. David Cohen. The department released the video Friday. “Put the knife down!” Cohen, with his gun drawn, is heard screaming as the man runs toward him and then stops before backing away. “Get on the ground! I don’t want to shoot you!” Cohen shouts just before the man starts running at him a second time. Moments later, the officer shoots the man in the chest. Five gunshots can be heard on the video. Authorities identified the man who was shot as Finan Berhe, 30, of White Oak. Police said the knife Berhe was brandishing was recovered at the scene. A neighbor of Berhe’s had called 911 to report that Berhe had thrown a rock at his window and had told him “to call the police,” The Washington Post reported. Montgomery County Police Chief Marcus Jones said Cohen rendered first aid to Berhe, who died at the hospital, the paper reported. Prosecutors from neighboring Howard County, under a standing agreement to review each other’s police shootings, are investigating, according to the paper. Berhe was black; the officer is white. Cohen, a 17-year veteran of the department, was placed on administrative leave, a standard procedure after a police shooting. Fox News (Follow the link to see the complete video. Warning: Graphic) | ||
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Sigforum K9 handler |
Suicide by cop. | |||
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| Freethinker |
Am I the only one who heard six shots and saw six cases in the air? ► 6.4/93.6 “Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.” — Plato | |||
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| Crusty old curmudgeon  |
No doubt about it. The fact that he had a neighbor call 911 before he was confronted by the cop pretty much proves it. Jim ________________________ "If you can't be a good example, then you'll have to be a horrible warning" -Catherine Aird | |||
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Did he fire 6 shots, or only 5? | |||
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I will get by |
As he accelerated toward the police officer he said "Don't miss" loud & empathically . At time 1:22 5 shoots I am sure of plus the knife striking the ground. Do not necessarily attribute someone's nasty or inappropriate actions as intended when it may be explained by ignorance or stupidity. | |||
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I'm counting 5 ------------------ The plural of anecdote is not data. -Frank Kotsonis | |||
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PERFECT! Everybody knows that the dice are loaded | |||
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| Member |
I counted 5, guess he was unlucky. Mongo only pawn in game of life... | |||
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" Berhe was black; the officer is white. " Is this really necesary? Race baiting "journalism" at its finest. | |||
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Casuistic Thinker and Daoist |
That is what I heard also No, Daoism isn't a religion | |||
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Still finding my way |
I gotsta know. | |||
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