Video shows San Francisco police fatal shooting of suspect

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By PAUL ELIAS

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Community activists and San Francisco's public defender questioned Thursday the police response to reports of a stabbing that ended in the suspect's fatal shooting, which was partially captured on video by a bystander.

Officers shot Mario Woods, 26, several times Wednesday after he ignored commands to drop a knife, San Francisco police Sgt. Michael Andraychak said. Andraychak said Woods continued to hold the knife after an officer shot him several times with beanbags full of lead pellets, meant to be nonlethal.

Police fired after it appeared the San Francisco man was approaching an officer, Andraychak said. Police were responding to a stabbing report in the city's Bayview neighborhood about five miles south of downtown. The area is plagued by gang violence.

A 15-second video clip circulating online shows a man bent over and holding his left hip with his left hand as he is surrounded by at least six police officers with their guns drawn.

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[Stevepol]

1. Couldn't they have first asked him to throw his knife down? (if he had one)

and then talked to him to get him to turn himself over to them?

This confrontation makes a mockery of policing.

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. Kick