Bad Day To Be A Thug In Las Vegas

Today, in two separate incidents, Metro police officers shot and killed a thug, leaving two thugs dead and out of the DNA pool.
In the first incident, from the Las Vegas Sun:Metro Police said an officer fatally shot a man outside a convenience store this morning who threatened officers with what appeared to be a wooden walking stick.
Officers responded at 5:50 a.m. to Speedee Mart, 3011 E. Desert Inn Road, at the corner with Pecos-McLeod Drive after receiving reports of a man and a woman involved in an argument outside the store. Three officers arrived and noticed the argument appeared to be escalating, said police Capt. Patrick Neville, with Metro's homicide bureau.
Police said the man wasn't following the commands of officers. An officer tried to use a Taser on the man, but it appeared to have no effect on him, police said. The man then moved away from police, prompting an officer to use the Taser a second time, also with no results.
Neville said the officer then used "low-lethal force," in the form of a weapon that fires bean bags.
"It hurts, but it's not lethal," Neville said.
Police said that also didn't appear to have an effect on the man.
"They deployed a lot of strategies and a lot of lower-level force to get the individual in compliance," Neville said.
Police said the man had what appeared to be a wooden walking stick with a pointed end.
Neville said the man
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/nov/15/nv-police-shooting-vegas/
In the second incident, From the Sun: Three Metro Police officers shot and killed a man this morning inside a P.T.'s Pub in the eastern valley as the man was holding a bartender at knifepoint during a robbery attempt, police said.
Officers responded to reports of a robbery in progress about 10:30 a.m. at P.T.'s Pub, 2280 S. Nellis Blvd., near the intersection with Sahara Avenue. Police Capt. Patrick Neville, with Metro's homicide bureau, said officers arrived to find a 23-year-old man holding a female bartender at knifepoint.
The man wasn't complying with officers' demands, police said.
Three officers fired at the man, who was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
A male customer at P.T.'s was injured during the robbery attempt, but police didn't know the extent of his injuries or what caused the injury. He also was taken to the hospital.
Investigators are reviewing surveillance video. Police also are interviewing at least five patrons who were inside the business at the time of the shooting.
Neville called the shooting an "extremely dynamic situation" in which the officers were forced to make a split-second decision about entering the bar, knowing that someone was being held hostage inside. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/nov/15/police-probe-second-shooting-involving-metro-polic/
From the looks of it, it sounds like the two shootings are legitimate and the cops should be exonerated, unless there is something that we have not heard about.