A pregnant Black mother of 4 Charleena Lyles,Shot Dead By 2 White Seattle Cops In Front Of Her Kids…
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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-police-washington-idUSKBN19A0YS
Black mother slain by Seattle police battled mental health decline
Two white Seattle police officers on Sunday fatally shot a 30-year-old black mother who had called them to investigate a burglary and whose family said had deteriorating mental health.
Both Seattle Police Department officers opened fire on the woman, named by family as Charleena Lyles, inside the apartment building after they said she confronted them brandishing a knife, police said. She died at the scene.
There were several children inside the apartment during Sunday's incident, though they were uninjured, police said.
"There is no reason for her to be shot in front of her babies," Monika Williams, the sister of the slain woman, told reporters outside the apartment building. "She had mental health issues that nobody is trying to address."
The incident comes four days after Lyles was released from King County Jail following her arrest on June 5 for threatening police officers with large kitchen scissors inside her small and cluttered apartment, according to a police incident report filed in Seattle Municipal Court.
During a tense standoff with officers, two of whom had weapons drawn, the woman told police they were "devils and also members of the KKK," a reference to the white-supremacy group, the police report said of the earlier incident. An officer was able to convince the woman to drop the scissors and she was arrested.
The report also said family members told police Lyles was experiencing a sudden decline in her mental health condition and had not behaved similarly in the past.
A police spokesman did not immediately respond to a e-mail asking whether the officers on June 5 were the same officers who shot Lyles on Sunday, or whether the officers had received training on how to properly handle a mental health or domestic crisis.
The police statement said two officers were required to respond because of "information pertaining to this address that presented an increased risk to officers".
Both officers will be placed on paid administrative leave as the department investigates the shooting, police said.
The Seattle Police Department has been implementing court-ordered reforms since 2012 to address what a U.S. Justice Department investigation found to be a pattern of excessive force by officers that often arose during encounters with the mentally ill or drug-addled suspects.
Federal investigators also found evidence of biased policing.
Several mourners gathered outside the apartment complex early on Sunday evening for a vigil and memorial for Lyles, according to photos posted online by local media.
Photos of Lyles and her children were posted on black plastic chairs and people brought placards that read Black Lives Matter, a movement that grew out of protests against the police killings of unarmed black men in a number of cities across the United States.
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Holding a knife is not against the law. She called them to report a burglary, her hilding a knife until the cops came was probably in response to the burglary.
Do cops show up to a call and just shoot anyone holding anything no questions asked?
We got Philando who committed not one crime ( and that not even arguable)
And now her who called police to help. -
Holding a knife is not against the law. She called them to report a burglary, her hilding a knife until the cops came was probably in response to the burglary.
Do cops show up to a call and just shoot anyone holding anything no questions asked?
We got Philando who committed not one crime ( and that not even arguable)
And now her who called police to help.
American cops are straight up evil racist cowards.
The media also does a good job to fake stories and go with the cops narrative.
Highly doubt she was charging at them with a knife, or that they told her to put it away.
Anyways, they're going to be found not guilty as always. -
Bruh not again
Edit: they knew who she was, they dealt with 2 weeks ago.. this was a retaliation -
Holding a knife is not against the law. She called them to report a burglary, her hilding a knife until the cops came was probably in response to the burglary.
Do cops show up to a call and just shoot anyone holding anything no questions asked?
We got Philando who committed not one crime ( and that not even arguable)
And now her who called police to help.
I've called the cops 3x in 3 decades
2 was a car wreck, other was shoplifters at work
kno how many times I've been pulled over w/ that glock & never told them I was carrying legally (before the Philando situation)
that ? brought tears to my eyes cuz when I see Philando, I see me -
If someone called you about their house being robbed and you get thier and they step out with a bat, knife or crowbar...your first instinct is to shoot?
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There will be absolutely no justice. Seattle pd executed a man holding a legal woodcarving knife in 10 seconds
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Cops are becoming to be seen as common thugs who are paid with our tax dollars.
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Holding a knife is not against the law. She called them to report a burglary, her hilding a knife until the cops came was probably in response to the burglary.
Do cops show up to a call and just shoot anyone holding anything no questions asked?
We got Philando who committed not one crime ( and that not even arguable)
And now her who called police to help.
I would like to know how long where they at the scene
Sure though the story will be she tried to attack them or threatened them with the knife
They won't face any charges because as we already know certain lives matter more than others
Depressing
Her children are forever traumatized
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The incident comes four days after Lyles was released from King County Jail following her arrest on June 5 for threatening police officers with large kitchen scissors inside her small and cluttered apartment, according to a police incident report filed in Seattle Municipal Court.
During a tense standoff with officers, two of whom had weapons drawn, the woman told police they were "devils and also members of the KKK," a reference to the white-supremacy group, the police report said of the earlier incident. An officer was able to convince the woman to drop the scissors and she was arrested.
Somebody should have been with her. She needed some real help. Where was her family? -
There's only one solution at this point. No need to even march or protest.
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These cops won't even be charged. All they have to say is they felt threatened, and unfortunately her holding that knife is more than enough for the legal system to buy that. If Walter Scott was somehow a threat while running away unarmed, a black person with anything in their hands is most definitely a threat.
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Thats all they asking for5th Letter wrote: »There's only one solution at this point. No need to even march or protest.
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We've seen cliven bundys klansmen literally point loaded guns at cops....
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It's against the law to be armed while black...
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It's against the law to be armed while black...
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The Lonious Monk wrote: »These cops won't even be charged. All they have to say is they felt threatened, and unfortunately her holding that knife is more than enough for the legal system to buy that. If Walter Scott was somehow a threat while running away unarmed, a black person with anything in their hands is most definitely a threat.
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Its so common now we cant even call the police
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Summer Solstice is near.
Different year, same ? .
The vampires need black energy. -
When my house almost got broken into (because I ran the perp off) in San Jose CA, the police showed up, asked for my ID, asked me if I sold drugs, if I had any weapons, and did a warrant check......then left.
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Sad ?
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Country is a joke.
