A black 16-year-old had a BB gun when police shot him in the back of the head, his family says…
Options
stringer bell
Members Posts: 26,212 ✭✭✭✭✭
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article164040442.html
Arkansas police officers fatally shot a 16-year-old boy in front of juvenile emergency shelter, but it’s not clear why.
Fox News reported that two officers responded to a call Tuesday night at East Arkansas Youth Services in Marion Arkansas, which is a Department of Human Services facility. Within “moments” of arriving, Aries Clark was shot. He died overnight in a Memphis hospital.
“I never expected not to see my son again. I had saw him that Thursday, and we were trying to figure out how we were going to do therapy to get help for him," Clark's mother Vicky Clark told WMC News.
The Marion, Arkansas, police department didn’t reveal any details about why officers were called to the shelter and whether or not Aries Clark was armed when he was shot, but his cousin, Chris Clark, told reporters that “he held a BB gun in the air, and they just took him down on sight,” Fox13 Memphis reported.
WMC News reported that doctors told Clark’s parents that he was shot in the back and the back of the head.
Two officers were put on paid leave, which is standard procedure, while the shooting is being investigated, according to KATV. The police department declined to release the names of the officers involved, but said they weren’t harmed. It’s also unclear if there was body cam footage.
Vicky Clark told WMC News her child was having behavioral issues at West Memphis High School, and the family was seeking therapy options for Clark, which is why he ended up at the center.
The teenager's father, who wasn’t explicitly identified, told WMC News, "he was just being unruly. He ran away from home twice, so we needed help with him. We just went from needing some help to the next thing we know he's dead."
East Arkansas Youth Services’ website says the facility “is a community based, private, non-profit organization that provides positive alternatives to institutionalization for children who are involved or at risk of becoming involved with the juvenile justice system.”
In a Facebook post, the center declined to comment on the specifics of the incident but said none of the staff were harmed. Mental health services were also provided to residents and employees due to the “traumatic nature” of the shooting.
“We also request your prayers for our operations and specifically for all individuals and entities involved in this incident. In turn we also offer our sincere prayers for all affected by this event,” the post read.
According to a police shooting tracker by the Washington Post, 568 people have been killed by police officers this year. Six people have been killed in Arkansas alone.
There have been other incidents in recent years of police officers fatally shooting black children with BB guns.
In San Diego in May, a 15-year-old was shot after he reportedly pointed a BB gun at officers. One of the more high profile incidents occurred in 2014 when a Cleveland police officer fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was holding a pellet gun. The officer was fired in May.
And in Columbus, Ohio, police fatally shot 13 year-old Tyrie King, who was later found to be holding a BB gun.
Comments
-
R.I.P.
This is the most dangerous era for black people. -
Tragic.....
Aren't the cops supposed to get notifications when they are dealing with mental health cases?????
-
Damn.
I know it's irrelevant, but dude looks like he could pass for Dr. Dre's son.
? 's ? up, but after what happened to Tamir Rice..........black kids shouldn't be going anywhere near bb guns.
R.I.P.
Sick of seeing ? like this. -
Tragic.....
Aren't the cops supposed to get notifications when they are dealing with mental health cases?????
Doesnt matter.. they know and are even quicker to pull the trigger. ? cowards -
Back to public lynchings
-
Tragic.....
Aren't the cops supposed to get notifications when they are dealing with mental health cases?????
They are but they aren't trained to handle them...and unfortunately these are the results -
By tha fatha's own admission he was unruly... tha cousin said he had a BB gun in tha air ... these pigs bout ta walk & tha family will get a check
-
black caesar wrote: »R.I.P.
This is the most dangerous era for black people.
Stop. -
and we'll see more of this. Trump just cosigned Freddy grays death at a rally he had for police with 0 ? given:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-vowing-gang-crackdown-urges-cops-dont-nice-193609269.html...He urged the cops, “don’t be too nice” to suspects when they are “thrown into the back of a paddy wagon.” In 2015, Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old Baltimore man under arrest for alleged possession of a switchblade knife, died of injuries he sustained being transported by police in the back of a van.
It's on us to fix this, ? askin them for ? . -
Shizlansky wrote: »black caesar wrote: »R.I.P.
This is the most dangerous era for black people.
Stop.
He's correct -
That's what I'm saying.....
They should send units that are trained for mental health, like emt's instead of beat cops....
A lot of these deaths are the result of mental health issues and police being too scared/not trained to handle it....
-
black caesar wrote: »R.I.P.
This is the most dangerous era for black people.
read your history books bruh before saying that ? to someone else -
Nice and kkkuntri in that area.
"Not Guilty"
-
black caesar wrote: »R.I.P.
This is the most dangerous era for black people.
Red Summer refers to a series of approximately 25 “anti-black riots” that erupted in major cities throughout the nation in 1919, including Houston, Texas; East St. Louis and Chicago, Illinois; Washington, D.C.; Omaha, Nebraska; Elaine, Arkansas; Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Charleston, South Carolina.
In Elaine, Arkansas, whites attacked a meeting of black sharecroppers who were organizing to demand fairer treatment in the cotton market. After a white person was shot, federal troops were called in to “quell” the violence, but instead they joined white mobs in hunting black residents for several days. More than 200 black men, women, and children were killed.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/history/2015/03/civil_rights_movement_history_the_long_tradition_of_black_americans_taking.html -
Yea @Black_Samson ck caesar" you are a prisoner of the moment due to the information age ? were gettin rotisseried back in the day and had their ? , ears an other ? passed around like trading cards
htttp://www.withoutsanctuary.org -
White parents tell their kids they won't get them a bb gun because they might shoot their eye out
Black parents won't get their kids one because cops will blow their head off
