Tulsa: Police shooting..protestors/riot gear
Hadn't heard about this until I spoke with family tonight..they live in the Tulsa area. Article says that officials had tried to take him into custody for mental eval at least twice in the last month or so but left when he basically barricaded himself in his house with weapons..officers left the scene both times.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/crimewatch/protest-erupts-after-authorities-kill-mentally-ill-man-carrying-knives/article_aff3fcde-393b-5e87-a429-1b6ddeeec66d.html
On Friday, police received four 911 calls between 9:50 a.m. and 9:56 a.m. reporting that a shirtless man with “two butcher knives” or a “machete” was walking down the street. Deputies had also been informed by a neighbor that Barre was “in the street armed with two large knives,” and they requested assistance from the Police Department.
Two deputies came upon Barre in the 300 block of West 50th Court North and ordered him to drop the knives, telling him that “they were there to get him help,” the police statement says. “Barre refused to drop the knives or stop, (and) he threatened to kill the deputies,” the statement continues.
Barre continued to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and walked south while deputies continued to follow him and tell him to drop the knives.
Barre walked toward a convenience store at 4449 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. “Fearing that he would enter (the) store and endanger … the public, commands were given to him to stop and not enter the store,” police said in the statement. As Barre opened the store’s door and stepped inside around 10 a.m., two sheriff’s deputies and a police officer opened fire, striking him an unknown number of times, Ashley said.
