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unhappycamper

(60,364 posts)
Sat Sep 13, 2014, 05:32 AM Sep 2014

Cops fatally shoot Utah man carrying a sword, but they won’t say why

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/12/cops-fatally-shoot-utah-man-carrying-a-sword-but-they-wont-say-why/



Cops fatally shoot Utah man carrying a sword, but they won’t say why
By Travis Gettys
Friday, September 12, 2014 7:57 EDT

Police shot and killed a man Wednesday morning who was carrying a samurai sword, but they’re not offering many details about what happened.

Witnesses reported the man, identified Thursday as 22-year-old Darrien Hunt, walking around with the martial arts weapon outside a convenience store in Saratoga Springs, Utah.

A 911 caller described Hunt as a “suspicious person” who was waving the sword around about 9:40 a.m. in the parking lot of Top Stop Convenience Store.

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“There’s no blade on it — it’s just a rounded edge,” said Cindy Moss. “It’d be like hitting someone with a stick, and they murdered him over it.”
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Cops fatally shoot Utah man carrying a sword, but they won’t say why (Original Post) unhappycamper Sep 2014 OP
Thanks for posting, unhappy camper. Ilsa Sep 2014 #1
It is his own fault. Wielding a deadly weapon like that in public. Lucky Luciano Sep 2014 #2
Only white people get away with carrying an AR-15. It wouldn't have save this man. nm rhett o rick Sep 2014 #5
Suspiciously ... rock Sep 2014 #3
Killing is the easy way to deal with problems. They kill with impunity. nm rhett o rick Sep 2014 #4

Ilsa

(62,239 posts)
1. Thanks for posting, unhappy camper.
Sat Sep 13, 2014, 06:49 AM
Sep 2014

More brutality at the hands of those who are supposed to protect.

Take the guns away from the police.

Lucky Luciano

(11,426 posts)
2. It is his own fault. Wielding a deadly weapon like that in public.
Sat Sep 13, 2014, 08:19 AM
Sep 2014

What did he expect?

He should have been carrying an AR-15. Then it would have been ok.

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