Chelsea Handler isn’t the only idiot in the news today. An Oklahoma man charged at police with a knife, telling them to shoot him. And they did.
Watch:
Here’s the unedited body cam footage. You should know before you watch it that the man does NOT die, so it’s not morbid or anything.
Here is the full footage from the two officers involved. The shooting is at the end:
Earlier this month, police responded to an incident involving a man beating a woman at a home on Corona Drive, near SE 89th and S. Santa Fe Avenue.
A woman told dispatchers that Jonathan Boyd became angry and assaulted her. According to the affidavit, the victim was left with bruises on her face and scratches on her neck and chest.
When police arrived at the scene, Boyd wasn’t at the home, but they were able to talk to the alleged victim.
“He’s going to make ya’ll shoot him,” she said.
Boyd was ultimately found in the backyard of a home across the street.
“They went into the backyard to the residence across the street and they located the suspect,” Oklahoma City Police Capt. Bo Mathews told News 4 earlier this month. “The suspect came at them, he had a knife in his hand. They ordered him to drop it and then they shot him and one person used the taser.”
In the body camera footage released on Thursday, you can hear an officer telling Boyd to come to them. At that point, they realized he was armed.
“Hey, gun, gun,” one officer is heard saying.
Investigators say Boyd was ignoring commands to drop his weapon and was approaching police with a knife.
“Go ahead shoot me mother f*****,” Boyd can be heard saying.
Authorities say Boyd continued to advance toward them, which is when he was shot.
Boyd was treated at a hospital for his injuries and released. He is charged with domestic violence and aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon.
I know we’re posting a lot of non-political news today, but to be honest, I’m happy to do it. I’m so tired of politics right now…