SAN FRANCISCO, Kalifornia (PNN) - January 6, 2011 - A man in a wheelchair was shot twice in the groin by San Francisco police outside a mental health facility Tuesday.
A cell phone video uploaded to YouTube Wednesday showed four plainclothes and two uniformed officers surrounding the wheelchair-bound man. He was reportedly armed with a knife and a chunk of concrete.
Police said that the suspect stabbed one cop in the shoulder and slashed tires on a city vehicle.
San Francisco Police Chief George Gascon explained at a press conference Wednesday that an attempt to subdue the man with a beanbag shotgun had no effect.
In the video, the man can be seen throwing the knife aside and then being shot twice by the cops.
“What the f*ck?" a witness can be heard asking. "That was unnecessary."
Gascon said that both the policeman and the suspect were in stable condition.
"I want to make sure we put the video in context," the police chief said, defending the officers. "We have an individual acting violently. He had a knife. One of the officers has been stabbed."
KQED-FM confirmed that two of the officers have been placed on administrative leave. Police declined to identify the officers or the suspect.
The incident comes just a week after San Francisco police were seen shooting another resident brandishing a knife.
Ed. Note: Do not forget that the police are the enemy of individual freedom! The police are the enemy! They assaulted this wheelchair-bound man; he stabbed them because it was his only way to fight back! Revolution Now! Independence Forever!
