A couple of days ago I wrote about a man who planned to randomly shoot people at the Super Bowl, knowing that the police would commit him. It is called “suicide by cop.”

Here is another example. An unnamed man who lived in San Jose, California attempted to commit suicide with a nail gun. His estranged wife called the police. Three officers were sent to the residence. He refused to come out of the house or open the door. The police broke the door down and found the injured man with a knife. He confronted them. They shot him six times and killed him. The police described the 42 year old butcher as “armed and confrontational” but there is no evidence that he attempted to injure the officers.

It’s not uncommon. He got what he wanted. But are you trying to tell me that three armed officers cannot take a man into custody or get him to a hospital without killing him. If he lunged at the officers with a knife one shot in the leg would have stopped him. He still may have died if he fell on the knife. But in most likelihood, he would have fallen down. One of the officers could have grabbed the knife and an ambulance could have been called.