A New York police officer shot and killed an emotionally disturbed, 66-year-old woman wielding scissors and a baseball bat, and investigators want to know why he didn’t use his stun gun instead.
Police say the sergeant had persuaded the woman to drop the scissors Tuesday night, but then fired after she swung the bat in a Bronx apartment.
Assistant Chief Larry Nikunen says the sergeant had a Taser. He says the reason it was not deployed will be part of the investigation.
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. issued a statement condemning the shooting.
(AP)
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The NYPD is still executing mentally ill people! They apparently learned nothing from their execution of Gideon Bush H.Y.D.
Uncle Ben:
My thoughts exactly.
We just had a similar case recently, when they put a lock on a homeless guys vehicle and then agitated him to the point where they had “no other choice” and had to shoot him. We have a bunch of incompetent coward cops who are only trained to write parking tickets etc…
Germany in the 30’s also had a policy of eliminating mentally/emotionally disturbed citizens. Way to go NYPD.