TX-Mom calls Dallas cops for help with mentally ill son. Cops show up and execute him.

[Anti Federalist]

Searched numerous terms for this one, nothing came up.

From an incident in June 2014.



Video Refutes Claims of Police, Shows them Execute Mentally Ill Man for Holding a Screwdriver

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/vid...74aKzaVkrO1.99



Dallas, TX — A newly released body cam video shows just how ridiculous the claims were of Dallas police officers “fearing for their lives” when killing 38-year-old Jason Harrison.

The incident happened on June 14 after police were called out to the residence by Harrison’s mother who said, “He’s just off the chain, Bipolar schizo.”

Harrison’s mother called 9-1-1 trying to get help bringing her mentally ill son, who is bipolar and schizophrenic, to the hospital. Instead, police showed up and killed him.

The police initially claimed that they feared for their lives and were forced to shoot Harrison after he lunged at them with a screwdriver.

However, the video tells a different tale.

In the video, Harrison’s mother is seen walking out of the house, explaining to police that her son is being irrational. She was followed by Harrison, who was holding a small screwdriver.

As soon as Harrison walks out of the house, he is shot dead.

As officers began screaming at the mentally ill man, it escalated. What could have been a completely peaceful surrender, turned into a violent killing.

We can also see from the video, that these officers were equipped with less-lethal tasers, yet still reached for their pistols to fend off a man with a screwdriver.

The Dallas Morning News Reports:

“This is a perfect video for the Dallas Police Department to use in training as an example of what not to do,” said older brother Sean Harrison. “You don’t yell at them — that only agitates them.”

But the officers who shot Harrison feared for their lives, said their attorney, Chris Livingston. He said killing someone with a screwdriver would be “pretty easy. It’ll only take one blow.”

“You can’t de-escalate someone coming at you with a weapon,” Livingston added.

However, when looking at the video, does it really look like Harrison is “coming at them with a weapon”?

The family has since filed a lawsuit against the department claiming that Harrison did not pose a threat. They stated that the screwdriver he was holding was a small one used for computers. Also, Harrison had never been violent before.

According to the Dallas Morning News:

Dallas police said Monday the department has completed its internal investigation into whether the officers broke any laws. The department did not make a ruling on that issue and instead forwarded the file to the Dallas County district attorney’s office, said police spokesman Lt. Jose Garcia.

Internal investigators are still reviewing the case to see if the officers violated any policies, Garcia said.

The two officers, John Rogers and Andrew Hutchins, are back on full duty and the case is awaiting review by a grand jury. Both officers had been on the force for more than five years at the time of the shooting.

This killing is truly heartbreaking and highlights the level of incompetence and willingness of American cops to kill without any restraint.

People with schizophrenia do not solely exist within the United States, yet American police officers are the only ones who frequently kill them. Why is it that?

Let’s look at our immediate neighbors to the north, Canada. The total number of citizens killed by law enforcement officers in the year 2014, was 14; that is 78 times fewer people than the US.

If we look at the United Kingdom, one person was killed by police in 2014 and 0 in 2013. English police reportedly fired guns a total of three times in all of 2013, with zero reported fatalities.

From 2010 through 2014, there were four fatal police shootings in England, which has a population of about 52 million. By contrast, Albuquerque, N.M., with a population 1 percent the size of England’s, had 26 fatal police shootings in that same time period.

China, whose population is 4 and 1/2 times the size of the United States, recorded 12 killings by law enforcement officers in 2014.
Let that sink in. Law enforcement in the US killed 92 times more people than a country with nearly 1.4 billion people.

It doesn’t stop there.

From 2013-2014, German police killed absolutely no one.

In the entire history of Iceland police, they have only killed one person ever. After exhausting all non-lethal methods to detain an armed man barricaded in his house who actually shot two police officers, police were forced to take the 59-year-old man’s life. The country of Iceland grieved for weeks after having to resort to violence.

Are these killings by American police happening because mentally ill men with schizophrenia don’t come out wielding screwdrivers in other countries? Sadly, no.

America’s war on drugs, coupled with the unaccountable and militaristic tendency towards a police state have created violent behemoth of “justified” murderers. How many more videos of mentally ill men being gunned down by cops must the citizens of America watch before they act?

The time for change is now.

It’s time police have competition from private security services. It’s time police carry their own personal liability insurance and are held to the fire for their crimes, instead of extorting the tax farm. It’s time police go back to being emergency respondents, instead of the enforcers of the government’s revenue collection schemes. It’s time to end the war on drugs. It’s time to end war altogether. It’s time we wake up our fellow humans to the reality of Police State USA…before there is no more time at all.

[Anti Federalist]

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[Mani]

So casually holding a small screwdriver horizontally with both hands on either side of the small thing, while leaning against a doorway made them feel there was an imminent threat?

damn that went sideways fast, within 3 seconds or so?

[fr33]

So casually holding a small screwdriver horizontally with both hands on either side of the small thing, while leaning against a doorway made them feel there was an imminent threat?

damn that went sideways fast, within 3 seconds or so?

Cops are pussies. They whine about how dangerous their jobs are even though their job is less dangerous than many of us blue collar workers.

[PierzStyx]

Another dispatch from The Police State

[aGameOfThrones]

In the video, Harrison’s mother is seen walking out of the house, explaining to police that her son is being irrational. She was followed by Harrison, who was holding a small screwdriver.

Now who really was Irrational?

[Anti Federalist]

So casually holding a small screwdriver horizontally with both hands on either side of the small thing, while leaning against a doorway made them feel there was an imminent threat?

damn that went sideways fast, within 3 seconds or so?

Most of them do.

3 to 5 seconds.

[Anti Federalist]

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[JK/SEA]

calling cops = suicide by cops.

damn..is it me, or does it seem like cops are on a rampage.

Whats the body count now for the year?....

[Mani]

calling cops = suicide by cops.

damn..is it me, or does it seem like cops are on a rampage.

Whats the body count now for the year?....

body count??? <scrub scrub scrub> What body count? <continue internet scrub> Just a couple of dead drug addicts, dealers, and crazy people is all I've heard about..Nothing to see here folks.

[EBounding]

That video was incredibly disturbing...

and then you read the comments in news coverage and you don't know what to think...

[juleswin]

I know the police do misbehave every once in a while but I've always wanted to believe that most of these hard to believe "police shoots innocent victim" stories are half truth where the victim did something really stupid to trigger the cops. I mean, its not like its in the best interest of the cops to do something stupid like this for no good reason and then made to fill lots of paper works and be in the public attention for a while. Who the hell wants that?

But this is just what happened, all caught on camera. $#@!ing cowards, I hope they get multi decades prison time for this criminal act

[Anti Federalist]

I know the police do misbehave every once in a while but I've always wanted to believe that most of these hard to believe "police shoots innocent victim" stories are half truth where the victim did something really stupid to trigger the cops. I mean, its not like its in the best interest of the cops to do something stupid like this for no good reason and then made to fill lots of paper works and be in the public attention for a while. Who the hell wants that?

But this is just what happened, all caught on camera. $#@!ing cowards, I hope they get multi decades prison time for this criminal act

Look, not trying to be harsh here, but you've got it all backwards.

There was nothing "stupid" done here, and those cops won't spend a day in prison, let alone being held accountable in any other way.

They will be absolved, by government lawyers in front of government judges, or MAYBE in front of a government selected jury, all of which will solemnly proclaim that the government (and it's enforcers) did nothing at all wrong.

Because you see, in the eyes of the government, they, truly, did nothing wrong.

They followed policy and training.

This is what I've been ranting and raving about for years now, it's not that the cops are "stupid", or are bullying fascists (although in many cases they are) or that they are all somehow "bad".

They are following the training being given!

They are trained that they are in an occupied zone, surrounded by "hostiles".

They are trained that nothing is more dangerous than being a cop, and that only quick thinking and whatever force is needed (as chosen from the circular force continuum) to neutralize a "hostile" is what will save your life.

They are not trained as peace officers.

They are trained as occupying soldiers.

This makes them a deadly threat, one to be avoided at all costs, and one to be reigned in by the political process, if at all possible.

That is why policing = politics.

[Anti Federalist]

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[TheTexan]

Was it a knife-shaped screwdriver?

[TheTexan]

We can also see from the video, that these officers were equipped with less-lethal tasers, yet still reached for their pistols to fend off a man with a screwdriver.

The best practice in policing techniques nowadays, is that generally tasers should only be used to subdue fleeing unarmed suspects that you physically arent capable of running after. Tasers are also useful at subduing suspects that are handcuffed.

Beyond that, its much safer for the officer to use lethal force, in nearly every situation.

[mad cow]

Grand Jury Clears Dallas Officers in Fatal Shooting of Mentally Ill Man Armed With a Screwdriver

A Dallas County grand jury has declined to indict two Dallas police officers who fatally shot 39-year-old Jason Harrison, a mentally ill man holding a screwdriver.
The grand jury no billed the officers during a hearing Thursday.

VIDEOMother's Cry for Help Ends with Police Killing Her Son

"We appreciate the grand jury's consideration of all the evidence in the matter. The City is currently defending the civil lawsuit. Our thoughts and prayers are with all those struggling with mental illness," said Chris Livingston, an attorney for both officers.
Harrison's family is disappointed and frustrated. Harrison's brother says the family hopes this case will initiate change in the way deadly officer-involved shootings are handled.

Funeral for Mentally Ill Man Shot by Dallas Police

"We're not headed in the right direction for change – to try to taper off the activities these guys are doing and getting away with," said Sean Harrison. "This is not the way to correct it."
In March the attorney for Harrison's family released video of the June 2014 shooting to the media and said it raised questions about the use of force by Dallas police officers John Rodgers and Andrew Hutchins.

Video of Deadly Dallas Police Shooting Released to Public

The video shows an officer knocking on the front door of a home in the 200 block of Glencairn Drive. Harrison's mother opens the door and calmly walks outside, inaudibly telling officers something then saying her son was schizophrenic and bipolar.
When Harrison appears in the doorway holding a screwdriver in his hand, Rodgers and Hutchins instruct him to drop the screwdriver. According to the officers, Harrison then made an aggressive or threatening move, reportedly lunging toward an officer, before they opened fire.

Harrison's mother Shirley spoke exclusively to NBC 5 and said she called 911 that day after her son stopped taking his medication and made violent threats.
“We maintain the footage shows him not stabbing, not thrusting, not lunging in a way that would jeopardize the lives of these officer,” said the family's attorney, Geoff Henley. “He never leaves the front porch and he’s gunned down.”

More at link: http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Gra...301107521.html

[phill4paul]

The two officers, John Rogers and Andrew Hutchins, are back on full duty and the case is awaiting review by a grand jury.

Update:

Two Dallas police officers who shot and killed a mentally ill man holding a screwdriver last year will not be indicted, a grand jury decided on Thursday.

Officers John Rogers and Andrew Hutchins shot Jason Harrison, 38, who suffered from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, after they ordered him to drop the screwdriver he was holding, according to the Dallas Morning News.

Edit: How did I miss madcow's post? Lol. Need. Moar. Coffee.

[Ronin Truth]

Geez, what kind of "help" did she really expect from the cops?

[Cissy]

You would think that all the forums and websites which offer support/counsel for parents of mentally ill offspring would warn them of the potentially fatal risk of calling the cops.

[TheTexan]

calling cops = suicide by cops.

damn..is it me, or does it seem like cops are on a rampage.

Whats the body count now for the year?....

The important thing is that officer deaths have been trending down over the past few years, so clearly its working

[Danke]

The important thing is that officer deaths have been trending down over the past few years, so clearly its working

[Anti Federalist]

Yes, yes he is.

Officer Safety is paramount, and if to keep Officers safe, results in a trail of dead mundanes and collateral damage, well, tough $#@!.

The object of war is to win and that's what happens in war sometimes.

[Anti Federalist]

Bet those Baltimore cops wished they worked in Dallas.