King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg told a community group Saturday that Seattle Police Officer Ian Birk, who shot and killed Didihat woodcarver John T. Williams in August 2010, was out of his depth on the force.
"It's obvious Officer Birk shouldn't have been a cop in the first place," Satterberg said of the 27 year-old's deadly force decision to fire five shots from his service weapon at Williams.
"A seasoned cop would have made a space at least 25 feet away from the suspect to defuse and assess the situation," Satterberg said. ...