STATE SANCTIONED MUDER HITS ARMIDALE or WARNING SHOT TO THE CHEST FAIL

A young man was shot this afternoon in my little home town of Armidale. He was believed to be wielding a kitchen knife.reports say he was shot from close range in the chest. (there were numerous witness as he was shot (executed?) in a public place in front of numerous witnesses.)
Followers of my previous blog will know that these sort of police shenanigans really piss me off, and they should be held accountable for these deaths.
Now, I'm not some bleeding heart looking after crims or anything like that, don't get me wrong here. It just seems that shooting deaths, caused by police shooting youths armed with knives or non-projectile weapons is on the rise.
Some would say it is time to arm our police with tazers, so police have a non-lethal form of action. but i disagree as current trends would just lead to misuse of these. People been tazered for all manner of things.
I believe police already have non-lethal methods. They are taught negotiation skills and disarming techniques and i believe these need to be used more.
Also police need to be held responsible for use of their firearms. They must be held accountable for the deaths they deal out. Unless of course we have entered the future world of Judge Dredd, where the law man has become Judge, Jury and Executioner.
Whatever the legal result of this, hopefully the officer involved realises he has blood on his hands.... comments welcomed!