In Seattle, if you pull a boxcutter—two, even—on a cop, you get arrested:

On 03/15/2010 at 1000 hours [the victim] was working security and heard a loud disturbance on the sidewalk at 3/Jefferson. [The victim] walked over to the disturbance and observed the suspect yelling while holding two box cutter blades in both hands with blades extended out.

[The Victim] stated the suspect looked at him and stated, "Theres a cop and I'll cut him." The suspect walked toward the victim and the victim backed away. The suspect then walked down to 2 Ave S/Yesler Way where we confronted the suspect. I spoke to [the victim] who felt threatened and intimidated by the suspect. I recovered two box cutter knifes from the suspects back pocket and Ofc. Davenport placed into evidence. The suspect stated he had his knives out because he was being harassed by an unknown male. The suspect was arrested and booked into KCJ.

In Portland, you get shot:

The police 911 record logs a call at 3:05 pm on Monday afternoon from someone in Hoyt Arboretum complaining about a "drunk transient" harassing passersby. The caller described the man as white, in his 50s, carrying a plastic bag. "Not physically violent," noted the caller.

Police officer Jason Walters, a 13-year veteran of the bureau, responded to the call. For such a routine call, says police spokeswoman Mary Wheat, it was typical for Walters to respond alone, carrying a gun and Taser but not a non-lethal beanbag gun.

According to the police report, Officer Walters found 58-year-old homeless Portlander Jack Collins in the bathroom near the arboretum office. Collins emerged from the bathroom with his hands, face, and arms covered in blood, waving a knife that the official police account would describe as a razor knife with a six-inch handle. The police account says Officer Walters "gave repeated commands to the subject to drop the razor knife, but the subject refused to do so." When Collins approached Officer Walters, the policeman opened fire.

Collins bled to death from a shot to the hip, one of four sustained from Officer Walters' gunfire.

If you've got some time on your hands this afternoon, take a few minutes to read up on all of the fucked up police-related shit that's going on in Portland right now. The Portland Mercury's fantastic coverage of the numerous recent police shootings, anti-cop riots, and allegations of misconduct can be found here.