In Oklahoma City a police sergeant who fatally shot a man in the back as he was fleeing last December was charged on Thursday with first-degree manslaughter.
36-year-old Sgt. Clifford Holman shot 60 year old Bennie Edwards who was struggling with mental illness in his back three times as he was running away.
Officers were responding to a call about a man disturbing customers near a pawnshop.
According to police, Edwards was near the store when officers approached him. He then opened a folding knife and told the officers to leave.
The officers remained on the scene and used a tazer and a gas substance on Edwards that had little to no effect. That’s when officers say Edwards charged towards an officer with a knife before running away from them.
Officers then opened fire striking Edwards in the back. Once video of the ordeal surfaced, protests erupted throughout the city. Protesters then demanded that Sgt. Holman face charges.
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