BART Police Use Guns to Protect Themselves

For all those who don't think that BART needs to have armed police, I present you with this:

Oakland and BART police officers shot and killed a man this morning near the Fruitvale BART station after an alleged confrontation with police, authorities said.

Details about the shooting were still emerging, but authorities said the man was armed with a knife and threatened officers.

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I hear John Burris is filing a lawsuit already.