According to CNN (CNN), recently, 5 police officers in Detroit, USA fired 38 shots at a 20-year-old African-American man suffering from mental illness within about 3 seconds, and the man eventually died.
Detroit Police Chief White said an African-American man named Burks was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Burks' brother had called police and said he was worried about Burks and the community's safety.
htmlOn the 4th, White said at a press conference that when the police arrived at the scene, Burks' brother told the police that Burks had a mental illness, held a knife, and cut the tires of the car.Police said Burks refused to put down his knife several times, and then he rushed towards a policeman without any warning. White said, "This policeman is worried about his safety, and other policemen are also worried about the safety of their companions, so they fired."
Potter Burks Data picture
At present, these five policemen have been administratively suspended from their posts, waiting for the results of the state investigation.
White once said that among the five policemen, one of them is a member of the crisis intervention team, which received more than 48 hours of training to deal with mental health crises, etc.
However, Burks' family lawyer questioned this, "If training includes the execution of young men or women who are obviously mentally ill, then this training is very inadequate, flawed and meaningless," "You can't shoot people who have mental illnesses that cause mental breakdown."
Original title: 38 shots in 3 seconds! American police shot a African-American mentally ill patient, causing him to die
Source: Global Network Reprinted from China News Network
