Police Brutality: Deaf Wood Carver Murdered By Cop In Cold Blood! (RAW)

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Ian Birk, 27, who joined the department two years ago, was on patrol Monday afternoon when he saw John T. Williams crossing Boren Avenue at Howell Street carrying a folding knife and a piece of wood.

The officer pulled his cruiser over and approached Williams, police officials said. Police say Birk ordered him to drop the knife three times before he fired five shots from a distance of nine to 10 feet killing him. The knife was found closed http://www.komonews.com/news/local/108548839.html

Initial reports by the police were that the man advanced on the officer with the knife; however, the department on Tuesday said it could no longer be sure that occurred.

Sean Whitcomb, the police department's spokesman, said Wednesday that the department was looking for additional witnesses to the shooting or anyone who might have been with Williams earlier in the day.

Birk has been placed on routine administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.

Alex Castas, general manager of Ye Olde Curiosity Shop on the Seattle waterfront, said his shop has been buying carvings from Williams' family for five generations, stretching back to the 1880s, when the shop used to buy from tribal members paddling up in canoes.

He said he had known Williams for 15 years, and never known him to be violent, though he often knew Williams to be incoherent because of drinking.

"I can definitely see a scenario where John had been drinking and it is taking him a while to focus exactly on what is going on; I could see him tripping more than I could see him lunging."

It was the same for Chaney Haney and Julie Reisman, co-owners of Glo, a restaurant on Capitol Hill where Williams sold his work, and liked to sit on the bench outside on the sidewalk, carving.

"I wonder if the officer knew he was hard of hearing; he told me he could not hear out of one ear," Haney said. "If it was my guess, I would just say he was standing there and the officer was trying to get his attention and John didn't hear him."

Reisman said Williams was slow on his feet, and difficult to communicate with.

"He is not a lucid person. You can't have a coherent conversation with him. You say, 'How is it going?' and he will start talking about something that has nothing to do with here and now," Reisman said. "There was a real disconnect there between what he was receiving and what he was putting out."

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[RebelxInsanity]

This is why I support Vigilantes...

Because cops can't fuckin do their job right.

[snowleopard1937]

Wish somebody would put 4 in Ian Birk's dome. Fuck you pig. Hope you rot in hell cocksucker.

[vang3109]

aside from the fact that he had no reason to shoot that man, he fired 5 shots in a highly trafficked area, most likely without even checking his surroundings first.

good job...you officially failed on basic weapon training and safety, also

[OVboy920]

Wow...couldn't tazer?? Sad

[josephfloyd11]

Bitch ass cops!!! I can't wait to line you up on the wall!!!!

[MrThegamerguy123]

Pussy ass cops

[kleineken]

Cop - "yeah I'm okay"

no shit asshole, YOU'RE the murderer.

[michaelmarage415]

Id like to add, BlazeChain, four bullets in the BACK of a deaf man, also after he murdered the old man, at the last shot, their was back up there in 75 seconds, 75 SECONDS!

[laysbbqchipss]

lol wtf? pussy ass cops

[schlubber215]

@PathMidnight A cop stepping out of his vehicle with his weapon drawn to confront a man with whom he's familiar, whom he knows is a master woodcarver and is nearly deaf, shouts rapidly 3 times for the man to drop a knife that was closed, then immediately kills that man who wasn't even facing him, is a murderer. Considering that you're someone who said it was no big deal, your feeble pretense at wisdom rings hollow.

[PathMidnight]

@schlubber215 It's a figure of speech, a maxim: law is based on society's morals, not on any specific person's morals. It means that it's about an effective and overall moral policy, not what is best for a specific person. I know money and power are the roots of all; it always will be. Don't forget that "evil is good" as friederick neitzhe said. I believe what he meant, was that the yin and yang of good and evil, ends up making the best possible society - thats why capitalism works

[schlubber215]

@PathMidnight What world are you living in? Society isn't ruled by morals anymore. It's ruled by those who have the money and the power and the thugs they hire to enforce their rules for them. This cop murdered a man and all he did was get fired, then the city robbed the people to pay off the murder victim's family. You need to sell your BS to someone who's stupid enough to buy it.