A dramatic showdown between cops and a suicidal man ended without major bloodshed despite a three-story plummet through a closed window and some frightening swordplay on the street.
The man, whose name was withheld, attacked cops with a medium-sized samurai sword, police said, repeatedly lunging at them and shouting, “Kill me!”
“This situation could have ended a lot differently had it not been for the professionalism and restraint shown by the officers on B-2,” said Boston patrolmen’s union President Thomas Nee.
Police were called to the 26-year-old’s home about 5 p.m. Cops called for backup and tried to kick down the door. As one officer walked outside, the suspect came crashing through a closed third-floor window, bounced off an awning, hit the ground and ran.
Cops chased him until he spun around, sword drawn, near Washington Park. With more than 20 cops, guns drawn, around him, he repeatedly charged, shouting “Shoot me! Kill me!” police said.
Sgt. Thomas Teahan sneaked up and tackled him. The suspect, who was treated for minor injuries, is being held at Bridgewater State Hospital.
On January 28 2010 05:37 BlackJack wrote: surprised they didn't shoot him. takes a lotta balls to tackle a guy with a sword
Guy was suicidal, one of those crazy 'suicide by cops' people, He had no intent of hurting anyone - he was just trying to provoke them to kill him. When he got tackled he probably stopped to make a stand and do alot of yelling and waving his sword around, with cops all around him. After a while someone will do it.
On January 28 2010 05:44 Soledad wrote: Damn i bet he wasj apanese i bet he was japanese how much u wanna bet i bet he was japanese
well he did have a samurai sword..
for some reason i pictured an Anglo doing this
probably because of that old similar story in NY? where the 30 something year old white dude with beard and long blond/white hair was running around with a giant broadsword lol
On January 28 2010 05:37 BlackJack wrote: surprised they didn't shoot him. takes a lotta balls to tackle a guy with a sword
Guy was suicidal, one of those crazy 'suicide by cops' people, He had no intent of hurting anyone - he was just trying to provoke them to kill him. When he got tackled he probably stopped to make a stand and do alot of yelling and waving his sword around, with cops all around him. After a while someone will do it.
I agree with this. If he was more actively trying to hurt the cops, he most likely would have been shot. Tackling a guy who is waving a sword around and yelling at people would be a lot easier than tackling a guy with a sword who is very pointedly trying to cut everyone with it.
A long time ago a neighbor fell from his 5th floor balcony. He landed on a small tree and amazingly he was mostly fine, save scratches and bruises. He did not have his keys on him though, so he walked up the stairs and rang the door bell to his own apartment. His wife, who had last seen him on the balcony, was like WTF?!?!
Why didn't they just kill him. If someone said kill me, and I had the authority to do it, I would just do it, he obviously doesn't want to be here that much. Accidental Discharge anyone?
On January 28 2010 06:12 Element)LoGiC wrote: Why didn't they just kill him. If someone said kill me, and I had the authority to do it, I would just do it, he obviously doesn't want to be here that much. Accidental Discharge anyone?
On January 28 2010 06:12 Element)LoGiC wrote: Why didn't they just kill him. If someone said kill me, and I had the authority to do it, I would just do it, he obviously doesn't want to be here that much. Accidental Discharge anyone?
yeah i'd love to live a society in where authority figures killed the mentally unstable just because they asked
then the world wouldn't even have any more depressed people!
On January 28 2010 06:12 Element)LoGiC wrote: Why didn't they just kill him. If someone said kill me, and I had the authority to do it, I would just do it, he obviously doesn't want to be here that much. Accidental Discharge anyone?
I do sort of agree with you. Isn't it possible that taking him into the station is the cruel thing to do?
On January 28 2010 06:12 Element)LoGiC wrote: Why didn't they just kill him. If someone said kill me, and I had the authority to do it, I would just do it, he obviously doesn't want to be here that much. Accidental Discharge anyone?
I do sort of agree with you. Isn't it possible that taking him into the station is the cruel thing to do?
Yeah it's pretty cruel to give insane people psychiatric treatment, killing them is much more humane
On January 28 2010 06:12 Element)LoGiC wrote: Why didn't they just kill him. If someone said kill me, and I had the authority to do it, I would just do it, he obviously doesn't want to be here that much. Accidental Discharge anyone?
yeah i'd love to live a society in where authority figures killed the mentally unstable just because they asked
then the world wouldn't even have any more depressed people!
On January 28 2010 06:16 CharlieMurphy wrote: Element has to be trolling
Actually I know a few SUPER EDGY nihilist types that think the world would be better if we just killed all the trash. of course everyone is trash besides themselves and people who agree with them.
I don't think they actually truly want that though.
On January 28 2010 06:12 Element)LoGiC wrote: Why didn't they just kill him. If someone said kill me, and I had the authority to do it, I would just do it, he obviously doesn't want to be here that much. Accidental Discharge anyone?
I do sort of agree with you. Isn't it possible that taking him into the station is the cruel thing to do?
Yeah it's pretty cruel to give insane people psychiatric treatment, killing them is much more humane
On January 28 2010 06:12 Element)LoGiC wrote: Why didn't they just kill him. If someone said kill me, and I had the authority to do it, I would just do it, he obviously doesn't want to be here that much. Accidental Discharge anyone?
On January 28 2010 06:12 Element)LoGiC wrote: Why didn't they just kill him. If someone said kill me, and I had the authority to do it, I would just do it, he obviously doesn't want to be here that much. Accidental Discharge anyone?
I do sort of agree with you. Isn't it possible that taking him into the station is the cruel thing to do?
Yeah it's pretty cruel to give insane people psychiatric treatment, killing them is much more humane
So depressed people are all insane now?
lol that isn't even close to what I said
typically depressed people don't jump out of windows at cops with swords and yell "kill me"
On January 28 2010 06:12 Element)LoGiC wrote: Why didn't they just kill him. If someone said kill me, and I had the authority to do it, I would just do it, he obviously doesn't want to be here that much. Accidental Discharge anyone?
On January 28 2010 06:16 CharlieMurphy wrote: Element has to be trolling
Actually I know a few SUPER EDGY nihilist types that think the world would be better if we just killed all the trash. of course everyone is trash besides themselves and people who agree with them.
I don't think they actually truly want that though.
I'm not taking sides here, but I don't see how it matters whether a cop decided to shoot him or not.
He's insane..
Not a "weirdo" insane, but a "danger to society" insane. I mean it's cool that he didn't have to die, and I guess were expecting him to be treated and come out all fine -- but if they shot him, well to me that just means 1 less crazy person to worry about.
I mean these may be the people who "lose it" one day and shoot up a mall.
Does having this opinion make me a bad person or something?
On January 28 2010 06:16 CharlieMurphy wrote: Element has to be trolling
Actually I know a few SUPER EDGY nihilist types that think the world would be better if we just killed all the trash. of course everyone is trash besides themselves and people who agree with them.
I don't think they actually truly want that though.
I'm not taking sides here, but I don't see how it matters whether a cop decided to shoot him or not.
He's insane..
Not a "weirdo" insane, but a "danger to society" insane. I mean it's cool that he didn't have to die, and I guess were expecting him to be treated and come out all fine -- but if they shot him, well to me that just means 1 less crazy person to worry about.
I mean these may be the people who "lose it" one day and shoot up a mall.
Does having this opinion make me a bad person or something?
I think you're over symplifying the issue so as to make your immoral decision seem rational.
The guy clearly has a screw loose and wanted to commit suicide. If he had attacked the cops, he probably would have been shot, but he didn't attack, because something stopped him. He isn't a killer, he just wanted to die.
Regardless, the decision isn't kill him or he might kill somebody later. Instead he'll be treated and probably kept away from society until he's ready to return.
On January 28 2010 07:32 Jazriel wrote: A "samurai" sword? How uncultured are these people. It's called a Katana.
It might not have been a katana though. There are a dumber of different kinds of samurai sword.
Indeed. His post is actually sort of ironic. It could very well have been a katana since it is the most popular nowadays - but there are a number of other swords it could have been. Of interest they called it a medium sized sword - makes me think it might be a kodachi.
What the article doesn't mention is that the cops actually surrendered when the 21st-century Samurai deflected all their bullets with his sword, sliced their guns in half, and demanded to speak to the President. Soon he'll be on the front lines in foreign wars, slicing up armored tanks with his swordplay. I know this is possible because I've seen it happen in anime, which closely mirrors reality.
On January 28 2010 07:32 Jazriel wrote: A "samurai" sword? How uncultured are these people. It's called a Katana.
Yes because knowing types of swords is part of modern day culture. I bet if someone pulled a scimitar or a rapier they would call it is just a sword, imo if anything it takes part of this eastern fetish and romanticism of their crap that is in today culture frankly i would question why is it important that you call it a katana maybe you would like it spelled in traditional Japanese too.
Perhaps when someone shoots up a school you would like them to give the full name the gun instead of just calling it a gun. =p ridiculous
On other news good job to the police officers able to subdue the guy without having to shoot him in the leg or something.
On January 28 2010 05:42 Navi wrote: yeah, most cases one cop would try to shoot him in the leg at least if he came charging at them :O
Not true, sad to say my cousin was gunned down when police showed up at his door while he was cooking. He couldnt hear them knocking so one officer swung around to the sliding door and went in. My cousin was shocked and went toward the front door where my other cousin was standing with the second officer, he unlocked it and came out within 20 feet of the cop. He was shocked and thought the guy in his house was a burglar and still had a knife in his hand and ignored the warning to drop it. He stepped down the stairs to get away from the house and was gunned down, 3 to the chest. Turns out the law in defense of cops is that if someone is within 20 feet of you and not responding to you then you can shoot them.
Katana does jack shit against armored opponents unless you get them in the face or something (I'm sure the one who tackled him was wearing body armor), and they were probably afraid he'd fall on his sword if they tazed him or something.
But WTF is with certain people in here seeing evidence of police restraint, and disregarding it by saying it was some sort of reverse psychology bullshit? Like the only reason they didn't shoot was because he wanted them to, but they totally would have otherwise? I have some respect for the thin blue line. Sometimes I wonder if the people who don't are on the wrong side of it.
Thank you for making fun of someone with autism. If it was some warcraft nerd it would have been okay because that's actually funny but when it's someone with some type of disability it's really not funny at all.
I was watching some police videos on SpikeTV and one of the videos was police tacking a guy with a knife. When they impacted the ground the knife popped up and stabbed the officer. So even just tackling someone with a blade is dangerous, whether he means to cause harm or not.
On January 28 2010 06:12 Element)LoGiC wrote: Why didn't they just kill him. If someone said kill me, and I had the authority to do it, I would just do it, he obviously doesn't want to be here that much. Accidental Discharge anyone?
I do sort of agree with you. Isn't it possible that taking him into the station is the cruel thing to do?
Yeah it's pretty cruel to give insane people psychiatric treatment, killing them is much more humane
So depressed people are all insane now?
They're non functioning. Insane is a strong word but they're certainly defective specimins of humanity.
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