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mick silver
10th March 2015, 04:38 AM
Metro Atlanta police officer shoots, kills naked, unarmed man

By Tina Burnside, CNN
Updated 0946 GMT (1746 HKT) March 10, 2015









































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The case was immediately turned over to the GBI






(CNN)An officer, responding to reports of a suspicious person, shot and killed an unarmed man who was running around in a metro Atlanta apartment complex naked.

The officer fired two shots when the man charged at him, said Cedric Alexander, the public safety director of DeKalb County.
But given that the man was not carrying a weapon, the police department immediately turned over the case to the Georgia Bureau of Investigations for an independent probe.
"What I have requested here [is] a result of what's going on currently across this country as it relates to police shootings," Alexander told reporters.
The officer was white; the deceased man was African-American, Alexander said.



'Acting deranged'

The incident took place Monday afternoon at an apartment complex in Chamblee, a suburb of Atlanta.
Someone called 911 to report a man "acting deranged, knocking on doors and crawling around naked," Alexander said.
When the officer arrived, the man charged at him, Alexander said.
"The officer called him to stop while stepping backward, drew his weapon and fired two shots," he said.
The man, struck twice in the upper body, died. Police later learned he was a resident at the complex.
"I can only reasonably assume that if he was running around the apartment complex naked, I believe we can make the assumption there may have been some mental health experience that he might have been having," Alexander said.

Mental health training

DeKalb County police officers undergo some degree of training on how to deal with the mentally ill. But this, and other incidents, highlight the need for more, the public safety director said.
"That's becoming more and more apparent," Alexander said. "We have already, as many departments have begun to do, look at how to expand our mental health training when we find it certainly necessary to do so. Because it appears that we're seeing more and more of these cases across the country in which police are engaging with those who appear to be in distress."
Police did not release the officer's name, but said the seven-year veteran was placed on administrative leave. During the incident, the officer had access to his stun gun and pepper spray, Alexander said. Why he chose to draw his weapon will come out during the investigation.
"I think in all fairness we need to wait and see what the outcome of the investigation is because I can't tell you, beyond what I have told you so far, what kind of measures that officer may have taken," he said.

Independent investigation

As fatal police shootings come under increased scrutiny in the current climate, police departments also appear to be more forthcoming in proactively releasing information for transparency's sake.
Such is the case in Madison, Wisconsin, where Madison Police Chief Mike Koval has been out front and outspoken about the shooting death of 19-year-old Tony Robinson at the hands of an officer. And it seems to be the case in this DeKalb County incident.
"If you look at the state in this country and the things we're going through right now across this country with police-involved shooting, certainly it's a concern to many Americans. And there has certainly been recommendations that have been made in regards to moving towards more independent type of investigations," he said.


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mick silver
10th March 2015, 04:40 AM
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(Reuters) - A white, Atlanta-area police officer shot dead a naked and unarmed African-American man acting erratically in his apartment complex and who was possibly suffering from a mental illness, the county police chief said.
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A Dekalb County police officer responded to a caller who said a man was "acting deranged, knocking on doors, and crawling around on the ground naked," on Monday around 1 p.m. local time, county police chief Cedric Alexander told reporters.
The officer encountered the man, who was not wearing any clothes, in the parking lot, Alexander said at a conference published online by local broadcaster Fox5.
Alexander said the man ran at the officer, who backed up and ordered the person to stop before shooting him twice. Police did not find a weapon at the scene, he said.
Monday's shooting comes after a string of killings of unarmed black men by police in the United States. Last year, incidents in Fergsuon, Missouri and New York City prompted nationwide protests, some of which turned violent.
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 has 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.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Nick Macfie and Raissa Kasolowsky)


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Hitch
10th March 2015, 04:49 AM
"If you look at the state in this country and the things we're going through right now across this country with police-involved shooting, certainly it's a concern to many Americans. And there has certainly been recommendations that have been made in regards to moving towards more independent type of investigations," he said.

I've been saying this for years. There needs to be an independent 3rd party who investigates police shootings, not internal affairs. IA keeps things hush hush, and doesn't usually give out any information that can be questionable to the public's interpretations.

Spectrism
10th March 2015, 05:15 AM
Could have been a zombie. But those need head shots to stop them. Maybe the officer felt threatened by his penis. I bet the man pointed his penis at the brave officer.

mick silver
10th March 2015, 05:22 AM
maybe he had his penis in his hand and about to shoot the cop with it . this is not going to end well for the cop

Glass
10th March 2015, 05:23 AM
they need to get reviewed by a Grand Jury, but a real one with some or all good men. A Runaway Jury maybe.

BrewTech
10th March 2015, 06:28 AM
I thought cops were big tough guys?

Take away their guns and they become helpless cowards, I guess.

If they are just going to shoot everyone that comes near them, especially people that are CLEARLY and UNMISTAKABLY unarmed, why bother with all the 'roids?

Ares
10th March 2015, 06:31 AM
I've been saying this for years. There needs to be an independent 3rd party who investigates police shootings, not internal affairs. IA keeps things hush hush, and doesn't usually give out any information that can be questionable to the public's interpretations.

I'd say just get rid of Police departments all together. They weren't even in existence until counties, cities, etc started incorporating themselves and needed to secure their earnings to repay their bond holders for loaning them money.

Ponce
10th March 2015, 09:14 AM
maybe he had his penis in his hand and about to shoot the cop with it . this is not going to end well for the cop

You are wrong mick.........he is a cop so that he is allowed to kill anyone he wants to.........WANNA BET?

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Horn
10th March 2015, 04:11 PM
All these news agencies seem to be making a point of turning racist in their descriptions.

Isn't being mental and naked enough?