Five Detroit, Michigan officers. 38 shots in 3 seconds; ends the life of a young black man amid a mental health crisis.
20-year-old Porter Burks, who suffered from schizophrenia, was having an episode Sunday night when his family called for help.
The Detroit police released seven minutes of body cam footage. It shows how a family member is describing the situation to officers, the police trying to reason with Porter to drop the knife he was carrying, and the time the fatal shots were fired.
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It’s not clear how many of the 38 bullets hit Porter.
Geoffrey Fieger, the Burks family attorney, said Porter would still be alive if Michigan had the resources to care for its mentally ill.
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