Anthony Hayes

Anthony Hayes, 38, was shot to death by New Orleans police after lunging at police with a 3-inch blade. The incident began when Hayes' credit card was rejected at a drug store. Hayes punched a clerk or manager. The first two officers on the scene tried to calm Hayes, who became aggressive and pulled a knife, and 16 more officers came to help, the chief said. Now, he’s up against 18 officers. 18 officers! One Black man with a 3 inch knife against 18 mutha f----- police officers. They fired nine shots after Hayes tried to stab a lieutenant..

Hayes' relatives told television stations that he was schizophrenic. Sell-out Police Chief Riley said the officers would have went against their police training if they had aimed to fire a non-lethal shot, like somewhere in the leg or arm.The officers are trained to treat knife attacks as deadly force and are have no training in disarming suspects with knives.
(Well don’t you think they should be?!) Riley went on to say "The vast majority of police departments — state, local and federal — are trained to shoot-to-kill ... either the head or the chest area,".