Man wielding machete dies in officer-involved shooting

Man wielding machete dies in officer-involved shooting:

Machete wielding senior Shot Dead - Justified?

Around 7:30pm on 4-12-15, police responded to a call about man with a machete near Sleepy Hollow and Misty Glen drives, officials said. Richard Dale Weaver, 83, reportedly was making threats toward neighbors and passing vehicles. An officer ordered Weaver to put down the machete, but he did not comply, officials said. Weaver raised his machete and made an aggressive move toward the officer… Now, if the officer here was not guilty of using excessive force, then I don’t know what IS excessive? The officer made NO statement regaurding any attempted use of tazer or simply, backing away from the suspect! He took this senior citizen’s life and acted as the judge, jury, and executioner… death penalty for the mentally ill and intollarable to police task force… share this story so Richard gets some justice with the knowladge of his murder… because it boils down to this folks, you dont bring a gun to a knife fight when you are trained in many alternate methods of diffusing the situation! (tazer, mace, walk away, call backup, etc.) oh, and wheres the body cam footage? oh yeah, we are just gonna take the officeers word for it…



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