March 10, 2015

Atlanta, GA Police Shoot Black Man, Who Was Acting Erratically, Dead




[From article]
This is at least the third African-American man to be shot dead by police since last Friday, who either was or seemed unarmed.
DeKalb County police have already faced protests after an officer shot dead a black man who had called 911 when his girlfriend was stabbed by an attacker in his apartment late last year, according to local media.
Alexander said he could “reasonably assume” the person was possibly suffering from mental illness, given his behavior. He declined to identify the victim, but the New York Times reported that he was 27-year-old Anthony Hill.
Alexander said the officer, who had been with the department for seven years, was equipped with a taser at the time of the shooting. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation would handle Monday’s incident, he said.
Police near Denver last Friday shot dead an unarmed man who was a wanted fugitive. On the same day, an officer in Madison, Wisconsin, shot dead a 19-year-old, prompting some 2,000 students to march in the state’s capital on Monday.
http://nypost.com/2015/03/10/police-shoot-naked-unarmed-black-man-dead-outside-atlanta/

Police shoot naked, unarmed black man dead outside Atlanta
By Reuters
New York Post
March 10, 2015 | 9:21am

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