If I recall correctly, wasn’t this the young man who was homeless and simply ran away from the police when they showed up? If so, I remember that witness statements said he kept “calling for his Dad”. What at horrible time for his family... to know that while their son was being beaten and tazed to DEATH.. he called out for his Dad. Words fail me..
Yes, you do recall correctly. It struck me as odd you started your post that way. As I was reading this, I was thinking about how the police, DA, etc. were obfuscating and delaying, in the hopes the public outrage would die down, so they can quietly release their *findings* once public sentiment and focus have shifted to other matters. The fact that you were able to "recall correctly" the basic circumstances, means they'll have to wait a little longer until people don't recall correctly, or don't recall at all.
Yes, this is the same incident. My 23-year old son lives within blocks of the location and I live nearby, so I have seen the makeshift memorial that has been set up by the locals often. The thought of him calling out his last words - "Please God, I'm sorry...Dad...Dad...Dad!" - is especially heartbreaking, given his mental state. He had been schitzophrenic for 20 years.
I pray for justice for this troubled soul and his family, but what true justice can there be? He is dead, after all.
You recall correctly. His last words were, "Dad! Dad! Dad!" Breaks my heart. :'(
It is not open season on diagnosed schizophrenic people just because they happen to run away from cops. The cops were called to that location because of a vague 911 call about someone possibly trying to break into cars. There's zero evidence, so far, that (1) there really was someone trying to do that, and (2) if so, that it was Kelly. Just to hypothesize that he was, last I looked, such a crime does not carry the death penalty.