It took about three seconds for five Detroit officers to kill Porter Burks as he advanced toward them in the throes of a mental health episode on Sunday.
officers to kill Porter Burks as he advanced toward them in the throes of a mental health episode on Sunday. Along the way, they fueled new questions about whether even those cops who are specifically intended to help people in crisis do anything at all to make people of color less likely to die in a hail of police bullets.
But the de-escalation tactics appeared to cease about four minutes into the negotiations, when Burks is seen running toward the officers. Within moments, five cops unleashed 38 bullets toward him. Police say that Burks, who was about six feet away from the officers, was hit at least 15 times by gunfire. The police department has not released the names of the officers who fired, but offered the traditional indication that they are on administrative leave pending an internal investigation.
The pending lawsuit was first announced during a Thursday news conference, where Fieger stood behind Burks’ family as he chastised the department and demanded answers, claiming the 20-year-old was handcuffed after being shot. After the deadly incident, Fieger said, Burks was “dumped” at the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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