There was a rumor he was alledged to have stabbed someone so he was executed by firing squad.
Nice.
1. I watched the video. I didn't hear any instructions to drop his weapon. That's not saying for sure there weren't any, but I didn't hear them. It's kind of a red herring though. Even if he was holding a knife and deliberately refused to drop it, that doesn't justify the shooting. As one commenter (not me) at the link below wrote, "Why are SF cops such cowards? Ten cops can't disarm a guy with a knife?"
2. "...he had previously stabbed someone with his knife" -- To quote you below, "Were you there?"
3. As I said, I watched the video. I did not see Woods make any aggressive move toward the police surrounding him. Couldn't even see that he was holding a knife, although it's possible he was. You can hear one officer open fire, and then a bunch of others join in, again for no good reason (as far as I could see, Woods did not respond aggressively to being shot the first time). I'd call it trigger happy, yes.
Love & Liberty,
((( starchild )))