San Antonio police kill Melissa Perez in her own home during mental health crisis - Liberation News
San Antonio police kill Melissa Perez in her own home during mental health crisis - Liberation News
On June 23, three San Antonio, Texas, cops killed 46-year-old Melissa Perez in her own home. Perez,
The news here is that the three members of the police were charged with murder.
It's unfortunate that's the bar for good news but at least that is good news
Bar so low we can only hope murderers get charged for murder
Yeap. SAPD shoots and kills a handful of people a year, often times the body cam footage gets posted and nothing gets done. Hopefully things will be different this time, but damn. This is fucked.
Yeah. thats the horrible thing about America.
We're not shocked that police pointlessly killed another innocent person to get their rocks off.
We're shocked at when they are held accountable for it.
man what was going through their heads at that moment? "an unarmed woman has fled to her house and told us not to enter, let's just fuckin kill her"???? I don't think anything could ever justify this to be clear but what was even the thought process??? did she walk too close to her own damn window or something??
It's no excuse, but their training is measured in weeks, not years. And it mostly consists of scaring them into thinking everyone who isn't another cop is a direct and immediate threat to their lives and must be stopped with deadly force.
They are literally taught that everyone have concealed weapons and dream of killing cops.
The fact that they actively recruit right wing terrorists doesnt help either.
Sounds like they only shot 14 rounds (on video), that's like a warning shot here in dystopia.
Here's the body cam footage. Warning, it's graphic of course https://youtu.be/Q3exS4fglQY
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Why they shot with deadly rounds an unarmed person instead of tasing her or shot something not lethal to stun her?
I know it may sound crazy but cops in my country can handle situations like these without shooting or tazing or stunning anybody at all.
Here too
They used to in the US but now it’s a free for all. Want to get some “legal kills”? Be a cop and start blastin..it’ll all work out fine.
There is nothing not lethal to shoot, only less lethal.
well why not have some less lethal shit to start?
American cops are trigger happy, especially with a non-white target. And they know all they have to say is “I feared for my life” to get away with it.
I had a close family friend shot and killed by SAPD last year. Not surprised to hear this, but damn.
If police killings of the mentally ill are a systemic issue, then so is SAPD’s record of excessive violence. In 2018, an SAPD officer shot and killed Charles Roundtree Jr., an unarmed Black teenager. In 2016, Antronie Scott was shot and killed by an SAPD officer because the officer claimed he believed Scott was holding a gun; he wasn’t. Marquise Jones was shot in the back by an SAPD officer in 2014 as he was running away from a minor traffic accident. In 2020, Damian Daniels – who was experiencing an episode of PTSD – was shot and killed outside his own home by Bexar County Sheriff’s Office (the county where San Antonio is located) by deputies sent for a mental health check.
That three different officers on scene opened fire speaks to the lie of the “bad apple” narrative. As Perez’s family’s attorney explained, “We are not talking about a rogue officer who just lost his mind or got mad. We’re talking about three officers who thought it was OK to gun this woman down in her own house.” (kens5.com)
The sad factor of the matter is that in the US, unless you are in a gang, the person most likely to shoot you is probably a cop.