Javelin Man wrote:The Washington Post is not a very reliable source, but a decent start.
And using the WP database, of the 236 people killed by police in 2017 identified as having some type of "mental Illness" (never defined or disclosed who identified them as such) 12 were unarmed, with an additional 5 unknown if armed or not. So
Here are stories about those 12 unarmed shootings
1) Jean Pedro Pierre, after he physically attacked the officer, he was tased and batoned, then he was shot after trying to assault a second officer.
Shooting of Jean Pedro Pierre 12-6-2017-Lauderdale Lakes Fla.
2) William Porubsky was tased after physically attacking the officer, then shot after he attempted a second assault on a different officer.
Body camera released: Man killed by Stow police tried to attack officer
3) Brian Easley was shot by a SWAT officer as he held 2 bank employees hostage for 3 hours. The former Marine claimed to not want to hurt anyone but said he had a bomb that could take out the whole room.
Man killed after hostage standoff at Cobb County bank
4) Hayden Stutz was holding his girlfriend hostage and was shot as he was dragging into a bush where he told police he had a gun.
Canton police shoot, kill suspect who was holding woman against her will
5) David Eric Ufferman, not much more than initial details but he physically attacked the officer who deployed his taser to no effect, then was shot.
Family of Delray man killed by trooper gives details about night of shooting
6) Christopher Apostolos had an arm around an officers neck and was shot by the officer's partner as he reached for the first officer's the gun.
Toms River Officer Fired Fatal Shot As Man Held Partner By Neck, Reached For His Gun: Prosecutor
7) Joshua Henry, a murder suspect out on bond who was physically assaulting the officer who shot him.
Man suspected in December murder killed by Grand Prairie police during altercation
8 ) Nana Adomako was assaulting the officer, after several hits to the head the officer shot the man. This was after he had assaulted and threatened to kill a shop employee.
Fremont: Man fatally shot by police nearly knocked out officer, report says
9) Jonathan Sper, who after assaulting his brother and two officers, including throwing them down a flight of stairs, was shot after getting back into the house where his brother was.
Prosecutor: Deadly force reasonable in fatal shooting of mentally ill man
10) Daniel Rogers was shot and killed after assaulting the officer, breaking multiple boned in the officer's face and giving him a concussion.
Body Camera Video of Springfield Officer-Involved Shooting Released
11) William Tucker Mathis was shot after violating a protection order by breaking into his estranged wife's house while she was home, trying to strangle one officer, and fighting with two other officers.
Police Shoot, Kill Suspect In Howard County
12) Finally we have one that does fit the anti cop agenda and low and behold the officer has been charged with 2nd degree murder for shooting Dustin Pigeon, a suicidal man threatening to set himself on fire.
Dustin Pigeon family learns Tuesday that police officer is charged in shooting death
And while I feel that any death due to police action is unfortunate. to claim that someone is "lucky" they were not killed by police is just ridiculous. In 2016 there were an estimated 1.1 million arrests made, and probably 10 times that amount of police interactions not resulting in arrest. So not being killed by police is quite the opposite of lucky from a pure chance point of view it is by far the expected outcome as the odds of an encounter with police resulting your death are infinitesimally small. Unless of course you are threatening them, armed or unarmed, then I would guess the odds go up dramatically.
Ignorant or Stupid, I'm not sure which is worse. If someone were stupid, at least they'd have an excuse for all the dumb things they say.
Pass the Peace Pipe I need another hit
IANAL and neither are most people on this board, its just shows more with some than others.