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Posted by tatgirl on Mar-08-2005 22:54:

Downtown takedown- crazy video!

Police had to get creative in arresting a man armed with two knives at a downtown intersection during the Tuesday morning rush hour.

It started at approximately 7am - officers from 51 Division tried to calm the man while staying out of stabbing range, but he would not be subdued, at one point jumping up on the hood of a cruiser at Yonge and Wellesley Sts.

At least four cops surrounded the suspect, and made two attempts to arrest him. Eventually he was stopped more forcefully, as a slow-moving cop car managed to pin him between the front bumper and a bike stand. Officers also used pepper spray in the standoff.

The car backed up to release him, and at that point the man dropped the remaining knife and raised his hands to surrender. Officers then moved in and put him in handcuffs.

The man, believed to be in his 30s, is now in custody. He suffered a broken wrist and is now undergoing a psychiatric evaluation. The motive for the incident isn't clear.

The busy intersection was closed as police continued their probe.

The province�s Special Investigations Unit arrived on the scene, and will investigate the incident.

Witnesses apparently shouted at police to use Tasers on the man. At Queen�s Park, Community Safety Minister Monte Kwinter commented on the use of stun guns, but noted he wasn�t aware of Tuesday�s incident.

�The Tasers have never been meant to be used by every single police officer that�s on the street,� he said. �I don�t know the circumstances, but normally what would happen is that the police officer on the street would evaluate the situation and call for backup and call for people with Tasers if he needs them.�

To see unedited video of the standoff, click here.

http://www.pulse24.com/News/Top_Sto...08-007/page.asp

Posted by Carney on Mar-08-2005 23:06:

haha
thats awsome

Posted by dallastar on Mar-08-2005 23:11:

Horrible crap is happening TORONOT!!!! WTF is going on - is everyone on crack?? don't answer that!

Posted by Kytracid on Mar-08-2005 23:30:

I just saw that on TV -- smarting thinking on the part of the police cause that guy was definately pushing for a murder-by-cop suicide. Fotta give the cops props for showing restraint, and pulling that nice move with the car to pin and later subdue him. A tazer or bean bag gun woulda worked just as well though...i'm surprised they didn't have those available to take him down.

Oh well...Good thing it ended without any significant casulties.

Posted by DarkAngel on Mar-08-2005 23:41:

Wow...ouch.

Posted by Mr Rogers on Mar-09-2005 00:22:

ha..wow that is crazy.

Posted by samhouse on Mar-09-2005 01:05:

bet that hurt

Posted by Stingray on Mar-09-2005 01:05:

I saw this on the news right after it happened. Kudos to the police on this one, I think they did an excellent job with a very tough situation.

Posted by VERTiG0 on Mar-09-2005 01:52:

Hahahaha that was the best shit ever when he got sandwiched between that post and the car.

Pepper spray to the eyes HURTS LIKE HELL. During a police demonstration at highschool, the officer was spraying some and it got carried downwind to where we were standing, a few of us got some in the face. Neato!

Posted by Surreal JRS on Mar-09-2005 02:01:

That's gotta hurt!

Posted by Fir3start3r on Mar-09-2005 05:28:

quote:
Originally posted by Stingray
I saw this on the news right after it happened. Kudos to the police on this one, I think they did an excellent job with a very tough situation.

Seconds to that!
Good job!

Posted by DjHectorial on Mar-09-2005 05:31:

damnnnnnnnnnnn, thats gotta hurt, man thats nuts

Posted by MarkT on Mar-09-2005 05:32:

quote:
Originally posted by VERTiG0
Hahahaha that was the best shit ever when he got sandwiched between that post and the car.

Pepper spray to the eyes HURTS LIKE HELL. During a police demonstration at highschool, the officer was spraying some and it got carried downwind to where we were standing, a few of us got some in the face. Neato!

lol...if you were in an American high school, that would have been worth at least 2 or 3 million

Posted by cap on Mar-09-2005 05:41:

If it was a black guy, everyone would be screaming injustice and police brutality.

lol, j/k

Posted by E2EK1EL on Mar-09-2005 06:05:

yo, they fucked him up large!

It's funny how once the dude dropped the knife, all the cops paused and were clueless for a sec.

Posted by Playa24_7 on Mar-09-2005 11:30:

lol! Hilarious way he got stopped. Good use of the cop car haha

Posted by Orko on Mar-09-2005 14:23:

quote:
Originally posted by E2EK1EL
yo, they fucked him up large!

It's funny how once the dude dropped the knife, all the cops paused and were clueless for a sec.

yeah i noticed that too!

it looked like his body bent in a weird way when he was hit with the cop car...glad it wasnt me!

Posted by starsearcher on Mar-09-2005 14:37:

I heard he wanted the Police to take him down...like shoot him...not sure about these reports though...either way it was kind of cool to watch ...cool in a weird kind of way

Posted by RobbyG. on Mar-09-2005 16:39:

Yeah it was pretty cool how they disarmed that guy...hopefully he'll get the help he needs.

Posted by Surreal JRS on Mar-09-2005 16:42:

quote:
Originally posted by starsearcher
either way it was kind of cool to watch ...cool in a weird kind of way

Go snuff videos! Errr, well not quite. It's still gotta hurt! Maybe this will open the door to regular officers carrying non-lethal weaponry such a tasters.

Posted by starsearcher on Mar-09-2005 16:46:

quote:
Originally posted by SurrJRS
Go snuff videos! Errr, well not quite. It's still gotta hurt! Maybe this will open the door to regular officers carrying non-lethal weaponry such a tasters.

lol I don't know it's just the boy in me that likes watching "action" stuff like that....military, police stuff, you know...it's cool...especially since nobody got seriously hurt

Not long ago someone posted a link to this video (like 3 minutes long, or maybe even more) of US troop assoult on Basra...it was WILD!!! There's a lot of negative in it of course as well but you can't deny it's interesting to watch...