[VIDEO] Officer Shoots Woman Carrying Knife And Gun, Some Think The Force Was Excessive

By Brandon Curtis

ATHENS, GEORGIA — Police officers have a long list of criteria that they need to adhere to when approaching a suspect, suspicious person, or something similar.

If this were a citizen self-defense case, it’d be cut and dry for everyone, but some are thinking that the officer in the video below had pulled the trigger too quickly.

And I completely disagree.

The shooting took place on Oct. 14 around 10:15 a.m. along the 100 block of Chalfont Drive when an officer responded to a suspicious person call involving a woman who was said to be armed with a gun and a knife.

As the video begins, senior police officer Lamar Glenn with Athens-Clarke County Police Department notices Bonny Thomas flagging him down.

via 11alive.com

He exits his vehicle and sees that she has a large knife in one hand, while her other hand is concealed under her shirt. As she approaches, he retreats while giving her commands to drop the knife.

Thomas ignores these commands and continues to walk towards Glenn with the knife raised above her head saying, “I have a gun and a knife.”

When she got too close for the Officer’s comfort, he …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation