12-07-2014, 07:40 AM
We read so much about cops killing unarmed (and sometimes armed) people that I wanted to recognize when they don't do that and to show it's possible to take someone down without deadly force.
Michigan police officers have been deemed 'heroic' after taking down a rampaging knifeman without shooting him dead after he stabbed three passengers and a conductor on an Amtrak train.
Michael Williams, 44, from Saginaw, allegedly attacked two men, one woman and an employee at a station near N 6th Street and Pokagon Street in Niles, 100 miles east of Chicago, on Friday evening.
Within seconds, police stormed the train and spotted Wilson wielding a knife, it is said. But instead of firing at the suspect, they subdued him with a Taser, before handcuffing him and taking him to jail.
Speaking of the moment they arrived on the platform shortly after 7pm, Mr Millin said: 'They saw commotion in the train car. They had to forcefully work their way through the crowd.
'As soon as the first officer turned into the car, Mr Williams was less than 10 feet away and he had the knife in his hand. The officer used his Taser and was able to subdue him.'
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