Basically the guy in the wheelchair was mentally ill and was cutting tires. When a cop confronted him he got himself cut. Cops are always getting themselves hurt because they do not know how to handle people who actually fight back. Kill them seems to be their only answer to perceived threats. The guy threw the knife away after being shot with a beanbag but then a cop shot him in the groin with his handgun. They are both in stable condition.


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(01-04) 22:24 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco police shot a knife-wielding man in a wheelchair Tuesday after he allegedly stabbed a police officer in the shoulder and slashed car tires.

A witness used his cell phone to capture the shooting on video, which shows four officers surrounding the suspect in his wheelchair. In the video, one of the officers shoots the suspect using a beanbag gun, and the suspect appears to throw the knife aside. A split second later the suspect is shot in the groin with a handgun.

Both the suspect and the wounded officer, neither of whom were named by police, were in stable condition Tuesday night at San Francisco General Hospital and their injuries are not life-threatening, police said.

"I want to make sure we put the video in context," Police Chief George Gascón said at a news conference after releasing the video. "We have an individual acting violently. He had a knife. One of the officers has been stabbed.



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