Deranged man with knife taunted police to shoot him/YouTube Josh Giha
Video posted to YouTube shows a deranged man with a knife taunting police and inviting them to shoot him. This occurred Monday at the Toronto Library branch at 789 Yonge St. at Asquith Ave. north of Bloor St. The man wanders about the main floor of the library for a short period uttering threats and saying “shoot me” and similar invitations. The first officer on the scene tries to talk the man down saying “I don’t want to” and “that’s not what I’m here to do. I don’t want to hurt you,” she says. Other officers arrive and as the man continues to invite police to shoot him he is tasered twice over a period of five or six seconds. He then falls to the floor and is taken into custody.
