Seattle officer who shot suspect is non-lethal force instructor

A Seattle police officer at the center of Tuesday night's shooting is an expert in the use of tasers and an instructor in non-lethal force, but was forced to use his weapon, according to Seattle police

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Perhaps this is what is wrong with the Seattle Police, when the non-lethal force instructer uses his gun first and not a Taser in a non-life threatening situation. He actually dropped the Taser without deploying it and shot the guy (in the back it appears, as the suspect was "walking away").

From the article:

There have been other deadly officer-involved shootings this year in Seattle:

• Aug. 16: An officer shot and killed a man inside the Wedgwood QFC while trying to arrest him on a domestic violence warrant.
• Aug. 30: An officer killed John T. Williams, a homeless woodcarver. The officer says Williams refused to drop a knife. That case is still under investigation.
• Sept. 3: Police wounded a man who had fired an assault rifle at officers
• Nov. 22: Several officers shot and killed a man who was in his car on Beacon Hill. They say he was raising and lowering a gun and shifting the car between gears.

Now mind you, this is just Seattle, not the entire Seattle area, including the rest of King County and Snohomish County.