TUCSON, Ariz. - Authorities have released video from the fatal shooting of a sword-carrying man in Pima County on Saturday, Feb. 24.
The PCRIT earlier said 23-year-old Devon Lewis died at the scene, a hotel in the 4800 block of South Palo Verde Road.
The Pima County Regional Incident Team released the video on Friday, March 29. The video, which contains graphic content, can be viewed on youtube.
PRCIT said someone called 911 to report Lewis was yelling and waving a sword around in the parking lot.
When Pima County Sheriff’s Department deputies arrived, they found Lewis standing outside with his sword sheathed.
PRCIT said following a shot conversation between deputies and Lewis, he removed the sword from the sheath and started charging deputies.
A deputy then shot Lewis and other deputies began watching him die.
https://www.kold.com/2024/03/30/video-released-fatal-shooting-sword-wielding-man-pima-county/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-SA22Vz-rk
suicide by cop
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Dude died making sword sound effects.
Anonymous
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>>1283138 >Reddit invader doesn't recognize his fellow Redditor. Anonymous
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>>1283138 >A deputy then shot Lewis and other deputies began watching him die. Perfectly justified.
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>i'm related to dionysus
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I know you guys are gonna call me a fag but I can't help but think the police could do a better job than killing mentally ill people. Police around the world manage it, but our cops cant? Better hope none of you have a mental crisis.
Anonymous
>>1283177 Honestly, they should kill more mentally ill people.
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>>1283187 but then who would post on /news/
Don't do it anon, Suicide by cop has 2 victims
Don't do it anon, Suicide by cop has 2 victims Sat 30 Mar 2024 17:16:40 No. 1283191 Report >>1283187 >Honestly, they should kill more mentally ill people. Don't do it anon.
Suicide by cop has 2 victims, you and the cop who has to face the fact that they took a human life.
9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline(In the US)
If you're a pajeet, just kys.
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>>1283191 >If you're a pajeet, just kys. Thank you saar, pleased redeeming bullet to my head.
Anonymous
>>1283177 They tried. They spent the first half of the video talking him down before he unsheathed and charged. Perhaps a taser would've been better, but iirc charging at police with a blade of any length is grounds for lethal force.
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>>1283350 The cop could have de-escalated the situation if he just continued walking backwards. Cops in America only think about whether they can get away with shooting someone, they never think about whether it's right to shoot someone. This is why everyone hates American cops. Was it justified legally? Probably (American laws are retarded) Was it justified morally? Absolutely not. They killed a mentally ill person who was no threat to them.
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>>1283177 >I know you guys are gonna call me a fag but I can't help but think the police could do a better job than killing mentally ill people. Police around the world manage it, but our cops cant? Better hope none of you have a mental crisis. In most cases I tend to agree. But in this particular case he caught them a little off guard as it seemed he was going to put it down then charged. You could see he stopped before the first shot but by the the cop already was squeezing the trigger.
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>>1283354 How well do you think you can run backwards while aiming a gun? Or do you plan on giving the maniac carrying a sword in a motel parking lot your back?
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>>1283371 He was significantly overweight, he was waddling as much as he was running and police are supposed to have high standards of physical conditioning. It should be humiliating that two police were terrified of a fat nerd with a sword from the mall
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>>1283404 Can't take chances with killer acorns on the loose.
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Cops say he wasn't BIPOC so they opened fire.
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>>1283423 the cops should have let the nut(acorn)job swing the sword until he sliced his toes off and then offered first aid
Anonymous
>>1283177 >>1283350 >>1283361 some cop once said "Lawyers have weeks to go over decisions we have seconds to make." it mostly applies here, but boy did that pudge make it easy for them with his slow ass movement speed
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>>1283462 Sounds like cops get absolutely no training or training from morons who would've never made it through basic in military.
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>>1283478 You can train African American tamers all day, but that shit goes out the window when a LGBTQ Redditor starts charging your with a sword.
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>>1283481 >all training goes out the window the moment you have to do your job Anonymous
>>1283354 This isn't Naruto, they're not going to dodge a blade. They (remarkably) did everything someone could do until he left them no other options.
Tell us what you would've done differently.
Anonymous
>>1283482 Well, you know, there's the very real fight or flight instinct that all humans have.
Also, kill yourself please.
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>>1283503 >Tell us what you would've done differently. I would've easily killed the police with my sword.
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>>1283508 You first dumb faggot pussy who will pull a trigger on anything that moves because you can't train for shit. Pussies like you don't belong in the police.
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>>1283508 >Well, you know, there's the very real fight or flight instinct that all humans have. "muh fight or flight" is not a defense for being shit at your job. If you're too scared to do your job correctly you shouldn't be in that job.
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>>1283511 >who will pull a trigger You hopefully. With a gun pointed at your head.
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>>1283514 >t. least deranged meter maid Anonymous
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The cops should've challenged the mentally challenged for a duel by bringing their own swords. Specially effective if those large Arabian types. Amateurs. No power levels.
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>>1283462 it's easier to make the decision you make when you're trained to kill and the decision is kill.
any normal person in the world would lightly jog away and easily outpace him and hopefully find alternative ways to subdue a person who is obviously in distress. in america you just murder.
i don't blame the cop in this case, but i might blame his training. the same training across the country that gives US cops a particularly quick trigger finger.
hopefully trump will fixrt4d this when he is president soon, god bless him
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>>1283523 >t. most deranged retard Who said I was a cop?
Why have you not killed yourself yet?
You can't even troll a decent board.
It's Over.
gaucho marx
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>>1283531 it was over long ago.
this is the era of post unironic troll shit posting.
>decent board. No
/his/ /mu/ etc are decent boards.
I come here because it's not quite as slimy as /pol/
As to the killed young man, cops are trained to always shoot in situations like this.
Tasers don't always work, and bear(COL) spray may have been an option, maybe even a bola, a type of throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of interconnected cords, used to capture animals by entangling their legs may have worked. If i was a cop, i'd carry one of these around my neck, but i'd be fired the first time i used them
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlU-bt5WGmc Anonymous
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>/kpoop/ formerly known as /mu/ >decent board
