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BART Chief Backs Officers In Fatal Shooting
July 05, 2011
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The Bay Area Rapid Transit police Chief Kenton Rainey on Monday publicly defended how his officers responded Sunday by fatally shooting an intoxicated man who used a bottle as a weapon and had a knife.
Chief Rainey said Monday he's "comfortable" with how officers reacted Sunday when one shot and killed the man on the Civic Center station platform.
One of the officers carried a TASER stun gun, but didn't use it during the encounter.
Source: San Francisco Examiner
Tags: Transit Officers, Deadly Force, Intoxicated Subjects
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