White cops, from a department that the Feds have said has a history of widespread excessive force shoot pregnant black female with mental health issues that was known to the police as being a potential threat when she confronted them with a knife after supposedly calling them to report a burglary and the family says race is the cause.
Story here: Seattle police fatally shoot black mother of four who they say ‘confronted’ officers with a knife
Story here: Seattle police fatally shoot black mother of four who they say ‘confronted’ officers with a knife
Seattle police officers shot and killed a 30-year-old mother of four at her apartment Sunday morning in front of “several children” when the woman “confronted” them with a knife, according to a statement from authorities. The Seattle Times said she had called police to report a possible burglary.
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Usually, only one officer would respond to a standard burglary call like this one, Jamieson told reporters. But police were familiar with Lyles and her apartment, he said, and her called flagged “hazard information” affiliated with her apartment that “presented an increased risk to officers,” the detective said.
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Family members told the Seattle Times that they believe Lyles race — she is black — was a factor in her death. Seattle police told the newspaper that the officers who shot her are white.
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