Every year the timeless adage to “Never bring a knife to a gun fight” gets bandied about, and every year at least one dumbass does just that.
Today’s dumbass is Tikila Walker, AKA Florida Woman.
The incident happened on August 15 in Gulf County, Florida. Police in Port St. Joe responded to a call from a repo driver at 3:42 p.m. who said 41-year-old Tikila Walker had fled while he was trying to repossess her white Ford Fusion for failure to make payments.
Police located Walker, but she fled, getting involved in a hit-and-run at 4:19 p.m. The other driver didn’t press charges against Walker, but the repo driver caught up and police had to deescalate an argument between the two while Walker remained in her car.
Walker drove away to escape the repo man, but at 5:52 p.m., she was involved in another hit-and-run at a convenience store after the repo man had tried to box her in.
At 6:01 p.m., police located her again. She refused to get out of the vehicle after police tried once again to deescalate the situation. She then charged at them with a knife.
And yes, there’s video.
The money shot comes precisely 3 minutes in.
Keep in mind, this is after one of them has already tased her seven times.
She survived and was arrested after treatment at the hospital.
This is such a textbook justified shooting they’ll probably teach it in law courses next year.
If you are surrounded by three cops, one of whom has already tased you, and you find yourself thinking “I should grab this knife and charge one them,” this is the precise moment when you should stop, reflect on the possibility that you’re making a really bad decision, and reconsider your life choices.
Tags: Florida Man, gun, knife, Not The Bee, police, Tikila Walker, video
The police were in each other’s line of fire. I am glad it did not go badly for them.
That comes under play stupid games, win stupid prizes
During the brief stop when she was out of the car the perpetrator didn’t appear to be drug- or alcohol-impaired.
What nearly killed her was a lifetime of entitlement mentality.
My sincere congratulations go out to the female officer who was forced, at knifepoint, to have to shoot another human being. She used the minimum force necessary to stop the attack, and notably did NOT do a magazine dump as so many people would have in that circumstance. For her resolution while under attack combined with her restraint in stopping it she deserves a commendation.