News Cannibal attack in Miami (potentially sensitive content)

[N_Molson]

What's the deal with cannibalism nowadays ? It seems to be the last fashion of this spring. :shifty:

'Cannibal' Attack: Naked Man Shot Dead In Miami 'As He Chewed Victim's Face'


A naked man was shot dead by Miami police as he chewed at the face of another naked man.

The circumstances of the horrific attack are still unknown – and the victim remains in hospital with grave injuries.

Police say the attacker may have been suffering from a drug-induced mania which causes the body to heat up, causing some users to strip off, the Miami Herald reported.

 

[Yoda]

The end of 2012 is near; the zombies are starting to show themselves in daylight................:rofl:.
In all reality; how sad; what new lows are we going to see from humanity next ?

 

[Mojave]

What..the..hell?

 

[Ripley]

OMG! People is going nuts...

 

[Kyle]

And of course, this is the state I live in.

Though, the comments saying that the US Government is hiding up a Zombie attack is something else :lol:

 

[MattBaker]

Don't save the victim, put a few bullets in his brain or he will infect all of us! [/sarcasm]

 

[Urwumpe]

Actually it is no rare crime, despite it sounding so. Cocaine addicts often rip off their clothes and act extremely aggressive, when the drug gives them the feeling to be on fire. Though such biting attacks are new.

 

[Ghostrider]

Looks like he disagreed...

[sunglasses]

... With someone he ate.

 

[N_Molson]

Don't save the victim, put a few bullets in his brain or he will infect all of us! [/sarcasm]

This is of course one issue raised by this... event. Its true that the method used to stop the cannibal was rather expeditive. I certainly don't like that way of doing.

But there are some points to consider :

- Police forces are not trained to withstand that kind of horror, and their reactions might not be under control in such situation. I think that a lot of people would instinctively think "OMG a live zombie, lets kill the monster before he turns on my face !".

- The victim was alive (and thats even more horrible), so each second spend was costing him a few other square inches of face. It was a priority to end the melee very quickly, and amongst the possibilities the policeman had, using his service weapon was the quickiest.

- When in such a state of transe, people can be extremely dangerous. They have absolutely no control of their strenght. I knew someone that was working in a psychiatric hospital, and he was saying "we have a rule not to try to stop a patient that has a crisis unless we are six or more. Else it can end in a violent fight with bad injuries." And those patient were not face-eaters, its just that they could get into a frenzy crisis and try to punch, strangle or bite anybody in range. Also there was little room on that ramp for policemen to separate safely the two men.

 

[Keatah]

It's all those chemicals in our food..

 

[N_Molson]

It's all those chemicals in our food..

In that case, it looks he was mostly eating chemicals and little food...

 

[Keatah]

Significant decline has to start somewhere, small, isolated. Then it grows.. This could be the beginning.

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And I agree with the cops. If they had waited longer there'd be more damage. OTH: now the infection has been transferred to another..

 

[Ripley]

...Police forces are not trained to withstand that kind of horror, and their reactions might not be under control in such situation...

Agree, but police forces (anyone carrying weapons) should be trained to always keep in control, and to aim and shoot selective hits. Not being trigger-happy.
I've read that several rounds were heard (a half dozen) by people passing by.
From the footage it's clear that they (police officer and zombie) were not far from each other...there was only a low concrete wall between them.

Why do (american) police always exaggerate and really overkill?
After the first shot he just kept on munching (so creepy), so why not other five shots?
Couldn't he shoot him in both legs and arms?
Ok, we don't know the relative positions of the three involved and all that, but anyway.

First shoot, then ask. I just don't like this far-west way of dealing.
And it's not the first case...(ok, it was the first zombie).

 

[Keatah]

With all the violent writhing and it would be hard to hit the legs and arms precisely. Not that it would matter much when dealing with a Zombie.

 

[N_Molson]

Agree, but police forces (anyone carrying weapons) should be trained to always keep in control, and to aim and shoot selective hits. Not being trigger-happy.

Yes, but policemen are ordinary people. You can't expect from them the behaviour of a SWAT squad.

Concerning precision shooting, well, technically you had two men over each other, so it is very hard to hit one without hitting the second. You do what you can. The more you shoot, the more chances you have to kill the injured. Bullets can also bump on concrete, etc...

As I said, it would have been crazyness to engage the agressor in hand to hand alone.

The policeman asked him to stop. The cannibal continued to eat the other man face. Rather a creepy situation. It seems that even a few shots didn't stop him. There was little to do. :shrug:

Seems to me that there is a rather nasty drug problem beyond this affair. The police should focus on that.

 

[Urwumpe]

If he would not have been alone, he could have attempted wrestling the attacker, but with a lot of risk for both policemen and victim. Shooting isn't the best solution, but the one with the highest chances of success.

 

[Ghostrider]

I'm not a cop but I played Starsky & Hutch as a kid so I'm qualified to offer my two cents...

When a person's life (your own or someone else's) is in a state of clear and present danger you are authorized to use lethal defence against the aggressor. That's the law in peaceful and sleepy Switzerland, I guess it's the same in the US of A.

About shooting the arms and legs, that's fine and dandy in movies but not so in RL: you're aiming at a moving target at close range (for pistols it's about 7 meters) so you aim for the center of mass - the chest. You can't aim at the limbs with any precision and you have to keep in mind you're in a populated area and if you miss or the bullet goes through the limb, someone else is risking getting killed.

So, you either shoot to kill or you don't shoot. There is no middle ground. You might be lucky and have a standoff situation where you can afford trying to hit your target in the sholder (risky) or the lower body (hit the sacrum bone and your target is not likely to walk away anymore) but those are exceptions.

But anyone who keeps attacking a third person after being ordered to stop by armed cops who have identified themselves as such is asking for it.

 

[Codz]

Yes, while it is never the best option to resolve a situation, shooting is sometimes the only realistic option. If you are a law enforcement officer, you have to be willing to discharge your firearm in such a situation. Not shooting can risk more lives than it saves.

 

[Quick_Nick]

Not terribly surprising that he just takes the bullets. With the right drugs, he could be pretty numb til he's dead. I guess even druggie zombies require headshots.

 

[Keatah]

I wonder how many latent face eaters are among us?