Man Wielding 12″ Knives Surrenders at Sight of Bean Bag Shotgun

IMG_1617This is a press release from the Eureka Police Department. The information has not been proven in a court of law and any individuals described should be presumed innocent until proven guilty:

 Mims, AntonioOn 02/2/16 at about 1:37 p.m., Officers with the Eureka Police Department responded to a business on the 700 block of 4th Street after employees reported that a male was inside speaking incoherently and brandishing two 12” knives at employees.

Once on scene, Officers located the male and deployed a less-lethal bean bag shotgun. The male dropped the knives and was taken into custody without further incident. The less-lethal shotgun was only displayed. Antonio Mims, 33 of Livermore, was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility for brandishing.

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lynda
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lynda
8 years ago

Great job!

Citizen
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Citizen
8 years ago

What a dumbass

Bad Billy
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Bad Billy
8 years ago
Reply to  Citizen

Good thing he’s not a dog , could of been shot.

Crescent city
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Crescent city
8 years ago
Reply to  Bad Billy

No doubt.

DaPisan
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DaPisan
8 years ago

Knife control

hmmm
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hmmm
8 years ago
Reply to  DaPisan

Implying that if he had been brandishing two handguns, the threat and results would have been the same?

hmmm
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hmmm
8 years ago

Nice work on the part of the police, using nonlethal law enforcement tools!

Cody
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Cody
8 years ago

Does a less-lethal shotgun not look like a normal one?

D
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D
8 years ago
Reply to  Cody

Same shotgun just different ammunition

DJRaincloud
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DJRaincloud
8 years ago

Black man with a knife isn’t happening for long in this county!

Papa Sancho
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Papa Sancho
8 years ago

He could have given Mario Woods lessons on LEO compliance, or even better, they could have posted knife-fight vids to HoodTV!