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  • The police are trained to kill us. He was doing his job.

  • true this seems to be just what everyone claims it was and that is a sad fact i am glad that after hundred incounters with cops in seattle and other states that i was not shot and ive never had ill intentions toward anyone but have had my head and nutsack hurt by the police as they are pretty scared of me ... ther has been an occasion that they pulled there guns out.... and its been close calls with these people who serve the community....i am not a bad guy but i know things can happen...

  • Cold blooded Murder!

  • Rest in peace. No body deserves a death like this man.

    May the Lord have mercy on that officer. Very tragic all around. Prayers for the victims family.

  • fucking cop IS A PUSSY , piece of shit racist motherfucker is not like the guy holding the board and knife had an RPG pointed to his cop ass .. pussy ass police

  • fucking piece of shit murderer... COPS ARE WORSE THEN NAZIS!!!!!!!!!! HITLERS GERMANY WOULD BE A SAFER PLACE TO LIVE THEN THE MODERN STREETS OF AMERICA! DROWN THAT PIECE OF SHIT RAT PIG!!!!

  • I used to live on the streets of Seattle, I talked to him quite often and I own one of his carvings. He was a good man and would never hurt or threaten anyone. I want to know how he got off not guilty.

  • "US Police declare war on Americans, they want to hurt, maim and kill citizens," according to a CNN cable news report which aired today, based on the growing problem of police brutality against everyday law abiding citizens.

  • Sad.Very disturbing

  • there is a woman walkng in the street she is the witness what really happen that time....

  • PIG

  • shot in the back. Birk, you are a supreme pussy, among other unsavory things...

  • a 16 year old kid is telling a grown man to grow up, that's kind of sad. do you get off on makeing fun of dead people or something? cause that's a quick way to piss off a bunch of family members.

  • That's my uncle. You don't even know what you're talking about, you should learn some respect . He was actually a great guy, and you're telling me that you never disobeyed an order from a cop or anybody? if you're saying you always do as your told then you are lieing.

  • @dustinLenn WOW, thats really your uncle!? My condolences. It's terrible he had to die like that :(....

  • Should have had some respect and listened to the officer. Not the type of piece of shit I want walking around anyway. Rest in pieces

  • @iLoveMyGun89 fuck you you ignorant piece of shit.... he was a good man and i hope the pig who shot him down suffers horribly... no justice no peace... fuck these pigs

  • @iLoveMyGun89 easy to pop shit behind a keyboard.....

  • @iLoveMyGun89 Listen IS the PROBLEM, dude. He cannot hear to listen.

  • why do they always kill? why dont they shoot in the leg if they feel threatened? it was murder!

  • @ rockstribute is it a dying art my friend that was my uncle the cop shot my dads rick Williams john t older brother and the carving is a dying art you never see natives carve anymore its either becuz of the alcohol or the government paid them to quit and it is sad

  • very sad.

  • MURDER MURDER MURDER

    Plain. Simple.

  • This case is MURDER and the hot-headed cop should be in prison with the thugs he and his peers chase. End of discussion.

  • There have been a lot of examples of excessive LETHAL force, threats, abuse and disrespect lately that its getting hard to defend LE. I am legally armed nearly 100% of the time. In addition to watching criminals, we must be on guard for the bad-cop. I refuse to be bullied by a moron who thinks my life doesn't matter and his does.

    "To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them." R. H. Lee

  • its amazing what cops get away with. this is at its best reckless manslaughter and at its worst 1st degree murder. there were approximately 4 seconds between the cop shouting his first command and the 5 shots fired. there was absolutley nothing that mr. williams could possibly have done to react even if he did have ill intentions, which all evidence shows that he did not have any. i hope this cop goes to jail and gets butt raped, if not then its the system that is fucked.

  • @SUPERSTUD6000 apparently he was also deaf, explaining why he didnt stop, but still 4 seconds is toooooo short

  • @SUPERSTUD6000 The system was designed that way. That cop should be shot 4 times, too...

  • Cops Lied!!

  • fuck the police...

  • cops are the biggest fucking pussies, like those four who died stuffing they're face at some dounut shop, by one guy thats how big a pussies they are.

  • How scarred of the police are you?

  • WTF is this? For real he wasn't facing the cop yet the cop gets no charges. WTF is wrong with our country?

    When I see these things, I express anger, but on the inside I feel nothing but sadness. Sadness for the innocent victems of police misconduct. Sadness for the police who think what they are doing is right. Sadness for the mass of apathetic americans who believe the police are always right.

  • @chuckeieio fuck you you little white punk i'd fuck you up if i saw you in seattle you racist piece of shit. native pride 4 life. this punk ass bitch would get fucked up if he met some seatown natives

  • @chuckeieio geo shoot yourself you piece of shit i knew john and he was an awesome guy im with dancingbear on this one stay the fuck out of eattle unles you like pain

  • @chuckeieio

    That really has nothing to do with it.

    Lets say the guy was an out of control lunatic. Then one day while walking home some police officer just shoots him in the back 4 times.

    Did he shoot him because he was an out of control lunatic

  • @chuckeieio Go to your garage, find a hammer, and hit yourself in the face with it as hard as you can, as many times as you can manage before you lose consciousness. Seriously, not only are you a brainless racist shit-monkey, but you completely fail at being a human being. The fucking eye witnesses "never saw a thing?" You human turd, they were RIGHT FUCKING THERE!! Going by your level of intelligence, I'll wager to bet you have to wear adult diapers.

  • fucking pigs!

  • cops are getting out of control these days, especially here in washington

  • his bandana is hot

  • Murderer pig

  • Hang that fucking pig for murder.......

  • The said "4 gunshot wounds on the right side of the body" That isn't the back. Officers don't have to wait for people to turn around before they shoot. Be kind of funny if all criminals just ran backwards at officers with a gun or weapon knowing they couldn't be shot in the back. Whether he was shot in the back or not isn't the determining factor in the decision of a good shoot or bad shoot.

  • @golapd ~There was no actual proper assessment of the situation this police officer never had to react to. John was minding his own business, with no intent of harming a fly, and nobody was near him. The officer just fired away at this time like life did not even matter for John.

    ~R.I.P.

  • @golapd You are kidding, right?

  • @aemmel1970 Ever heard of a person being "SPUN" when they're shot?  This is why I said a person being shot in the back isn't the only factor in determining a good shoot.

  • @golapd As a former US Army medic, yes, I have. But if this was a good shoot, then Osama's having tea in Khandahar.

  • @aemmel1970 Congratulations. So as a US Medic what part of those skills have granted you with the knowhow of determining if this was a good shoot or not? Did you review all the crime scene photos? Did you review the department policy? Of course you didn't. You can't assume if it was a good shoot or not by looking at an autopsy report or watching a news story about the autopsy. 

  • @golapd Hell, I don't know. Getting to deal with people who have been shit when they're shot. And you do know the board said the shooting wasn't justified, right?

  • @aemmel1970 LOL. That can't be fun. Yes I know the board ruled this was not a good shoot. I wasn't specifically refering to this case being a good shoot. Just because someone is shot in the back doesn't mean it is always a bad shoot. This news agency putting this story out there like beause he was shot in the back it means the police messed up is misleading. That was my point.

  • I have informed the punisher about the situation. He will settle it.

  • @neverrun6891 lmao nice one

  • @J150R ...... Or what? You're going to be shot? 4-5 times? In the back? No, that's just fucked up. Tase him, mace him, back off for a second and wait for backup. Maybe give him longer than 5 seconds to process the command before you proceed to discharge a firearm in a crowed city street.

  • just taz him or something you fuckin peice of shit pig cock sucker, i meen he was not even faceing the pig, the pig is a murderer, your tin courage doesn't give you the rite to just shoot people , i hope his wife and daughter get raped like that chick in irriversable

  • them wood carvers are bad mother fuckers,they will carve you up.

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  • @J150R for the your youtube comment, i can only assume youre a brown nose with very low morality scum of humanity, by the way, who the hell you THINK you are in society? a very rich person? a very famous one? youre a nobody that thinks his life is doing a good to society, how fucked up are you?

  • @perfectshot77 You are gay. Know how I know you're gay? Oh right, you like Coldplay. Fag.

  • The cop says he was scared for his life on that day huh?

    Well, he really is now, and with good reason.

  • Thank you SPD! Please Step up patrols in the rainier valley! Plenty of worthless targets over there!

  • @perfectshot77 olny if the public let them be....

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  • Birk straight up lied under oath, saying he was facing him in an 'aggressive stance' with the legal blade. Yet he still won't be convicted.

  • @csselement lying under oath huh? what if the perp turned as the cop was firing? takes only 1 second to fire 4 shots. Deaf or not you have a knife in your hand and a cop is approaching you lol... common sense should really kick in at that point.

  • In light of this and that BIRK'S GUN WAS DRAWN THE MOMENT HE ENTERS THE FRAME!!!...long before he had called out to John T. Williams.

    If Birk was able to assume evil intent by a man walking through a crosswalk with a pocket knife, WHAT EVIL INTENT CAN WE ASSUME WHEN BIRK AGRESSIVELY PURSUES AN UNWARY WILLIAMS WITH AN UNHOLSTERED GUN?

    Again, he did not draw his gun to respond to an action of Williams, IT WAS ALREADY DRAWN!!!

    There is enough to PROSECUTE!!! PROSECUTE!!! PROSECUTE!!!

  • too fucking bad..this cocksucker just escaped from charge. What the fuck am I going to do, if pigs point gun at me for no reason next time? Should I bring my own gun?

  • so if a cop is allowed to shoot you 4 times in the chest because you MIGHT be a threat, are US citizens allowed to shoot police officers dead because they might be corrupt trigger happy murderers?

    perhaps someone can explain to me how it works in the wild west

  • eternal fire for officer birk

  • Ian Birk is a MURDER

  • Anyone who shits their pants at the site of a Did da dat Indian should shoot themselves! This fucking cop should eat his own gun! Fucking gutless pukes!

  • the cop made a horrific mistake on the job, and in his job when you make a mistake people die, he was not trained properly, a big ass rookie, more training and better screening before you get hired.

  • this officer should be executed by the state of Washington in prison, what he did was plain and simple....he murdered john williams

  • i wonder what the cop was thinking..."Everyone get down he's got a knife and some wood. I'll shoot him 4 times in the back!" Unfortunately my friends John T. Williams was intentionally murdered. R.I.P. Mr. Williams.

  • I'm american but that man is an AMERICAN DOG which is why I hate cops

  • Tears in heaven .... on June 8 2009 I was in the street was a three foot axe going after cars and even went after RCMP officers and would not drop the axe after I was in an apparent catatonic state - used sirens and even pepper spray and I would not stop - they never gave up even though the officer told me at my trial he was about to apply lethal force - he tried one more time to get me to drop the axe bless the - RCMP they saved my life!! I would be dead if I lived in Seattle apparently

  • this should have happened in Texas, so the cop could at LEAST get the death penalty

  • grrrrrrrr!!! ....hope there are more native going to stand proud. voice loud...over this, cops need to get out of their head...you dont shoot first then ask questions!!!

  • He was shot in the Back!!

  • fucking white trash

  • That piece of shit racist pig murderer shot an innocent man in the back, shot him to death, what could not stop his backwards advancing on you, did he whirl away at the last second, no he shot a deaf man in the back, had he been some white dick in a suit would he have gotten gunned down in the street like a rabid dog?

    Where is Justice? in a corner weeping, from having been raped again is where she is, this is bullshit, take the cops guns away.fucking murderers.

  • officer could fired and go jail for life for good .. i feel sad ur friend death

  • It is obvious from the information surrounding the shooting that SPD leadership doesn't get it. It is a fact that Birk was driving around listening to sports talk radio. Listening, for unusual activity is a very important fundamental aspect of police patrol work. SPD leadership has not removed entertainment radios from the patrol cars and instituted a policy prohibiting officers from using them when they're on patrol. Strike one.

  • @AdmiralLobeam No police department limits car radio use. "very important fundamental?" Do you teach patrol procedures? I thought not.

  • @ronlpd I'm talking about the use of the radio/stereo in every Seattle Police car that's used for entertainment - you know the AM/FM variety? There's no reason to have those radios in those patrol cars - PERIOD. Would you like to make a bet on when they will be removed? I'd be happy to take your money. Do yourself a favor and find some like minded lump head and debate sports or something. I'll only make you mad, as I make you look like an idiot in a debate on police work.

  • @AdmiralLobeam They will never be removed. I'm guessing your point is the radio is distracting? Your proof or research cites?

  • Birk got out and yelled "hey, hey, hey" to get the attention of Williams. Professional police officers are trained to make contact by saying "excuse me Sir." The video tape that the department released containing excerpts of other contacts with Williams. It is obvious that when officers used respectful language with Williams they received full cooperation. When they used abrasive language he yelled back at them. SPD has done nothing to change the way these officers communicate. Strike two.

  • @AdmiralLobeam Again, trained to make contact with a certain phrase? That's nuts, cops adapt there speech and tactics depending on the situation. This was a tragedy that had nothing to do with the officer's speech.

  • @AdmiralLobeam Again, trained to make contact with a certain phrase? That's nuts, cops adapt there speech and tactics depending on the situation. This was a tragedy that had nothing to do with the officer's speech.

  • @ronlpd Oh really? Read the FRB 03-10 report and see how "hey, hey, hey" worked out for Cowboy Birk. If he would have yelled out "Stop, Seattle Police Officer" I'd say that was acceptable given that he thought Williams was a threat. But he (Cowboy Birk) also said that he was making contact to "check the welfare" of Williams in a "caretaker" capacity. He flip flopped on that - probably a result of being all amped up on sports talk radio...

  • The video evidence taken from another officer's dash cam is even more telling. While Birk just stands there with his gun drawn on WIlliams as he bleeds, his FTO leads officers in the approach Williams as if he's some strange and dangerous beast that can not die - like you see in a horror movie. They flip him over like a rag doll, handcuff him and step on him like he's a piece of dirt. One of the premiere qualities a good police officer is an undying love for his or her fellow man. Strike three.

  • @AdmiralLobeam Standard police procedures that have nothing to do with "undying love." I gotta ask, is English your primary language or are you putting us on? I got a baseball metaphor for you... you're out!

  • @ronlpd Having an "undying love" for your fellow man, that you will see day-in-and-day-out at their very worst of times is an essential element to being a GOOD police officer. Those that don't have this quality will either be miserable or they just won't make it. You can wrestle with this until you're blue in the face if you want, but I highly recommend that if you're a police officer and you want to make it a career - you'd do well to come to this conclusion sooner rather than later.

  • This police officer is in desperate need of execution....

  • A man is entitled to hold onto his property and not damage a tool of his trade upon the whim of another citizen.

    Correction: An American man is entitled to hold onto his property and not damage a tool of his trade upon the whim of another citizen.

    So... was this in America... or not? If it was in America, it seems quite reasonable to charge the felon who shot an innocent American citizen with premeditated murder.

    We will presume his innocence until all evidence is presented. Sound good?

  • police are part of the robbing scam, robbing and raping in the name of safety for attorneys, therefore this cop will not get charged for anything, he will just transfer to another department. This is so wrong.

  • John was a soft spoken man who mostly lived on the streets and sold his carvings.. his carvings at least the ones I saw were all master pieces! This is very sad!!!

  • @scrappinmom4many i bet his carving skill is of a dying breed passed down from his forefathers. my regards to his family

  • OMG ..this is the biggest bull shit I have seen. John got only a 4 sec. fair trial. And what this officer/murderer is worried he wont be treated fair? He should be treated just like he treated John...John was a proud man and if you gave him a min he would talk about his carvings and he always had 1 or 2 to sell

  • This is no surprise!! John was a soft spoken man who had alot to say if anyone gave him a moment. There is a video of the police stopping him almost everyday and giving him shit. He was like the dog who everyone just kick out of the way.... John was a master at what he did and its sad that such a wonderful artist should die for his craft .... i know John is in peace now its just sad how the police treated him just becase he was diffrent!!!

  • This cop will get little or no time in jail. It's unofficial policy that police officers are to be held to a lower standard than regular citizens. Accountability for police officers is a foreign concept.

  • Not ONLY does this cop need to be prosecuted for murder, but EVERY COP IN THE COUNTRY needs to see the dashcam video and understand the circumstances. This was an INSANE ACT, that people need to be active about, and government needs to ACKNOWLEDGE fully--and attempt to correct for the future.

  • Our courts are so fucking retarded when it comes to officials breaking the law they play stupid to justify their wrong doing and the news media plays into it by reporting (like its so hard to determin if it was justified) like puppets.They can push for all the PR atmosphere they want but history will always repeat itself when those in power get out of hand.Its all about being pushed and pushing back ,in the 21st century you think we would be more intelligent ,Our civilization may be doomed .

  • The cop needs to be shot 4 times.

  • If my ass.

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  • Wow, that pig must feel like a big, bad man shooting down a hearing-impaired gentleman armed only w/ a pocketknife, who incidentely didn't appear threatening OR suspicious at all walking across the intersection minding his own business! Then again, I'm not a badly trained professional bully, so what do I know? And on top of that, the cop was more than likely Caucasian & the victim Native American...so mass-murdering MILLIONS of them wasn't enough? WOW!!!

  • ARRRGGGG I watched the other video and was outraged, and now I see it involves a Native human of the land those pigs desecrate for 500 years . Notice how not ONE person stopped to help or protest in their ego inflater cages. Just a shame

  • @freqazoidiak Pretty sad, ain't it? Americans are so brain-washed & scared they won't even help each other, much less even speak out against injustice w/in their natural given rights. PATHETIC!!! Then most of the folk who do want a real change are trying to do it w/in a thoroughly corrupt system established by a bunch of racist, elitist, killers who had the audacity to say they'll grant the people freedom ONLY if we abide by their laws! Funny, I thought freedom was a natural-given right.

  • That is my Ex-Girlfriends uncle D= he is a good guy

  • the only thing that will justify this is for the shooter to go to jail for his crime

  • The cop should be horse whipped in public, then branded a coward, and then sent to prison with pants that have no backside and a lupe dispenser permanently strapped to his back.

  • @expostfactum

    You sound just as cruel as the man you condemn. May he and you suffer the same fate.

  • @jimmyfromfleming Tell me that when its one of your loved ones treated with the same contempt.....or better yet, maybe it can be you.

  • He didn't have time to turn around even if he weren't deaf in one ear. Where are the dash cam videos from the responding cop cars? Have they been released?

  • @zerotolerance4u the dash cam videos are up just search John T Williams dashboard

  • @sohcsarewicked Thank you.

  • That officer should go to jail for MURDER.

  • At some point a spark, maybe this, maybe the child stolen from their parents at the hospital, something, will ignite the fire that causes the people of OUR country to raise up, together, and unite. You do not see it on the nonsense news in the US but it is already happening in Europe.

  • @motorolarules Good luck with that sheeple

  • shot him the back.....are these the new rules???

  • as some one as knew him i find this no less then disgusting, he was a sweet and wise guy i hope they hang the responsible parties it was not his time to go oh John you will be missed

  • Anyone in public going crazy with a knife should be shot. Could be mental issues but thats besides the point. Our kids are out there.

  • @unclewooly Did this "wood carver" ever go crazy? The police claimed he moved towards him in a threatening manner. However this proves he was shot from behind making the cop a lier.

  • @unclewooly the only one going crazy was he cop. Who said he was "going crazy?" What if it was your KID carving a piece of wood? Why did you write that? Do you really think the cop was justified? Shooting a man with a CLOSED knife in the back?

    What's wrong with you? Are you so afraid of the police that you have to agree with them in type so they won't kill you? Do you hink that would make any difference? lololololo wake up.

  • @VerifiedNews well, he was hardly a kid. Indeed he looked feral. We don't need people like that walking the streets with knives. He should have known better.. If he didn't thenhe should have been institutionalised. Either way the government has failed. As far as waking up cupcake! I know more about current events than you ever will.

  • @unclewooly That kind of ending statement is so patronizing and egotistical I really don't know how you could write it and not feel like an asshole. And listening to you rationalize a murder makes me feel sorry for you. You talk about "your son." What about the woodcarvers mom and dad? Oh yeah, they don't count because it wasn't you. Don't bother responding you've already proven yourself to be an apologist and a racist and an uncaring and heartless individual. So I blocked you.

  • @VerifiedNews Well, your ignorance matches your IQ. You cannot block me from replying to your tear jerking comment. Doesnt work like that. Sorry if you wanted the final say. haha!

  • RFK was shot in the back, most likely by a cop too.

    watch?v=DegJl8jtxUE

    >:(

  • Typical the pig shot him in the back four times.

  • Pigs killed him for looking different. They thought he was an illegal immigrant no doubt and shot him in the back as a terrorist under the Bush-Cheney Pervertriot Act. Its the oldest headline: Cain 4, Abel 00.

  • This seems to be all too reminiscent of things that were going on in the nearly totally corrupt and bought-out-and-paid-for South in the '50s and '60s........are we heading back in that direction?

  • this cop is a peice of shit pure and simple...

  • IT NEVER ENDS ..

  • holy fucking shit...

    Mark my words: cop gets off. No murder charges.

  • Shots fired in hatred and just plain wrong. It's forces one to the conclusion that Actally caring for and Liking the people you're supposed to be serving and protecting is always helpful in AVOIDING situations such as this. Unpro hater with a gun. fired.

  • Police have a license to kill for no reason.

  • gun happy cuture

    Christine

  • Seattle cops are fucking awesome...ugh

  • I guess America "awards" you the death penalty if you have the temerity to drive a car or walk down the street while non-white.

  • He may have been killed because he failed to obey a direct order from a police officer. It's not that Williams was completely deaf: he was deaf only in one ear, and actually owned a radio, but he had headphones and he may have been wearing them when he was shot and killed.

    It's incomprehensible that a police officer would shoot someone to death for carrying a little three-inch knife that he used for carving wood.

    Was the officer afraid he was a master knife-thrower?

  • If police officers are going to kill people on a regular basis it seems a little hypocritical for them to be arresting -civilians- who engage in violent crime. They should be arresting each other.

    And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own?

  • ACAB All cops are bastards

  • You are watching the DEATH of America! The time is NOW!

  • @airborne373: Buddy, this happened all the time in the South about 50 years ago............America isn't just dying, it's been dead for about 200 years, really, at least the true America, despite our best efforts to revive the Constitutional spirit. :-(

  • @MiracleMile90 Creepy...quit following me around TROLL!

  • @airborne373: Ouch............LOL. Pot calling the kettle black much? LMAO. ;-p.

  • @airborne373: And besides, you can't deny the Southern states had much more than their fair share of crazies, crooks{Eugene 'Bull' Connor, etc.}, paid-off cowards{think George Wallace} etc., running their state and local governments back in those days.

  • @MiracleMile90 Go away FREAK! Stalker....Stalker!

  • @airborne373: LMAO...............seriously, just drop the act, man.

  • What's sad is that there are people out there that would shoot a perp if they were choking or raping their friend or family not acknowleding the fact they could hit and kill the victim of the perp as well. But hey, it's unconstitutional! Shoot everyone in the back; there's no need to explain why, right?

  • @wwe107 Don't shoot anyone in the back.

  • stupid guy brought a wood carving knife to a gun fight. just a guess.

  • @Slapnuts6931

    look into this case and who this guy is before commenting. I guarantee you you'll be pissed

  • I'm so surprised,NOT.

  • I'm assuming this officer will have a fair trial and be put to death?

  • @MutantKush he should be!

  • @MutantKush

    Don't you understand, you landless peasant Mundanes, the Regime IS the Law. Lick boots, buddy.

  • @MutantKush

    no, his badge was taken. If a cop murders someone its completely different right?

    yeah, like you i think that he should be tried in a court of law and pay for it

  • @MutantKush no he'll probably get off scott free.

  • @mahadragon yup, thats very true i believe he will be set free becuz of this fucked up justice system we have, he should rot in jail, "an eye for an eye" .... in this case, life for a life........

  • @MutantKush hA YEA RIGHT HE WILL GET PAID VACATION AND THEY WONT DO SHIT JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER PUSSY COPS