The Sammy Yatim case was a young eighteen year old man that was seriously shot in a bus at Bellwood and Dundas multiple times. In recent discussions on the Sammy Yatim case people have questions whether the cop, James Forcillo actions justified or not. Many people have questioned whether Forcillo’s actions were consequences of his lawful training or a murder without justification. Yatim was riding the like an ordinary person until later he pulled out his knife in one hand and his penis in the other. He then attempted to slash a women’s neck, that’s when everybody screamed and ran out the bus except for the bus driver. The bus driver was waiting for everyone to get out and within that time Yatim lounged at the driver, luckily the cops came just in time and the bus driver ran out. Yatim was then alone in the bus. The cops told Yatim to “drop the knife” to which he said, “no. you’re a fu***** Pu***”, and did not obey the police. Yatim later stepped out the streetcar and was shot 9 times. Forcillo was the only cop out of the many that shot Yatim. A cop ran over to Yatim and noticed he was still alive so he tasered him. Yatim was pronounced dead at the scene of the crime on July, 27, 2013. Many people questioned the actions of Forcillo. Forcillo was charged with second degree murder for shooting Yatim which means that Forcillo intended to kill Yatim. His wife was really upset because she thought he was justified. The court then found out that Yatim was mentally unstable so it increased the arguments about this debate. People thought that the situation could’ve been handled differently but no one had known at the time of the crime scene. Even if he had a mental state he was still a potential threat to society and Forcillo thought that elimination was the only option. Forcillo thought that what he had done was right and he should not be punished because he was following