Cop Kills Woman Walking Toward Him With Ornate Ax (Video)

Sandra Rose April 8, 2016

leronda sweatt

A Tennessee woman who walked toward an officer holding a small decorative ax was shot twice and killed on Wednesday morning.

According to the NY Daily News, police released video of the incident to the media and the public on Thursday.

The video footage from officer James Spray’s body camera shows Leronda Sweatt walking slowly toward him holding what the News described as “an elaborate skull-ax.”

Spray yelled at Sweatt to “get on the ground,” and “drop it” as he backed away from her.

Video footage from the dash cam of a second patrol unit arriving on the scene shows Spray bumping into the 2nd officer’s patrol car before firing twice and striking Sweatt.

She died later from 2 gunshot wounds at a local hospital.

Spray’s original story was that the 40-year-old woman backed him inside his vehicle before he fired his service weapon at her.

According to the News, Spray and other officers were called to the scene after Sweatt stabbed a Sumner County Sheriff’s deputy who attempted to serve her with an eviction notice around 9 a.m.

The deputy was stabbed before he could use his Taser on her, the News said. He was treated at a local hospital where he received 20 stitches and was released the same day.

Police say, in addition to the ax and a 16-inch sword tucked under her shirt, Sweatt had in her possession a 5-inch folding knife which she threw on the ground and a “ninja star” in one of her pants pockets.

Leronda Sweatt’s family told the News that she suffered from bipolar disorder. They said she was negotiating with her landlord to pay her rent.

Officers met with members of the Gallatin black community on Thursday to show them the full video footage of the incident.

Sweatt’s daughter, Alainna Sweatt, called her mother’s death “unnecessary” and unprovoked.

She told the Tennessean newspaper that the video footage only shows “half of the story that the police wants you to see.”

Her grandmother Ella said that Sweatt was bipolar, and “wasn’t a bad person.”

Officer Spray was placed on administrative leave while the investigation into the shooting is ongoing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKcy0yFE9cI

Use_Coasters_aka_Sol_88

Ooooooooh this is terrible.
Now I want to see news outlets describe her as a mentally ill woman.
NolaD

This was a clean shoot… Don’t walk towards an officer… or ANYONE for the matter with a freaking weapon… I really hope people don’t turn this into something it’s not…
Wuts got Petty Davis Eyes..

She was mentally undone.. Prayers to her family…
GubmentCheeze

Such a sad story all around but the officer acted accordingly she came at him wit Bruce Lee stars and a Sho’nuff Ax what else was he supposed to do? If the family was really concerned she could have lived with them so her meds could be regulated…
Afiya

The other day the man with a machete wanted to die, but they aint kill him, he was other but this colored lady is killed, splain this so me Lucy #BLM
iWasteTime

This is so sad!
This woman dies but dude yesterday lives.
Why can’t all the cops be on the same page.
Shooting her in the leg would have stopped her too!!
Wuts got Petty Davis Eyes..

There are levels of reactions to certain actions. She was slow creeping on him.. She couldn’t possibly out run a bullet to strike him with a toy ax. He could have popped a leg or even used a taser..
Shay boogie

That person didn’t just stab another officer or have several other weapons. He’s backing up and she’s stillllll coming at him. Everything doesn’t always have to relate back to it being racial.
Just Keya

Not that the cop could not of done better, because he could of, but all cops are never gonna be on the same page. Hell none of us regular people can’t even do that.
Just Keya

This time, I agree.
Just Keya

As sad as this is, she had a visible weapon and was ready to use it. And mentally unstable. Can’t say it’s about her being black this time.
Wuts got Petty Davis Eyes..

Yes shoot,… no kill.. as an officer you are trained to deescalate a situation based on the threat. He could have used non lethal force. Wasn’t there a cop just yesterday who successfully took down a man who stabbed and KILLED someone, was playing in traffic and started after the police. The police controlled him with a non-lethal shot. It is not a clean shot. Also when a police AIM to kill they always use whats called the double tap..that is a controlled two shot technique to purposefully kill the threat.. One to control two to kill..
Shay boogie

It is so easy to say what the cop could have and should have done. Why do we not ever wonder what the family did? If you knew she was ill….. Why didn’t y’all take all of these extra ass weapons out of her house? Did you make sure she took her meds? Same thing with those boys and the brother who wanted to die suicide by cop. We have to hold EVERYONE accountable when it comes to ppl with mental issues.
Just Keya

And wait, she done already stabbed one cop, who came to put her out. So that tells me there was a court order for her to go. So it’s no negotiation going on about unpaid rent at that point. Sorry, this is not racial.
Let Your Soul Glow

Had ALREADY used it. She had already stabbed the sherriff’s deputy. This was a bad situation from the start.
Wuts got Petty Davis Eyes..

This woman was under mental duress for sure.. I remember when I was young and got evicted when i had a kid. I almost lost it myself not knowing what to do. That is very stressful…
Just Keya

How did she even come to be in possession of the weapons?! And the family feels like it was uncalled for. Uhh so the ninja weapons on her person were called for? She was going to hurt someone. Matter of fact, she did hurt the first cop.
GubmentCheeze

She had ninja stars in her pocket and had already stabbed another officer but I do agree he could have hit her in the arm or leg to subdue her.
Just Keya

Right. And that cop was not trying to shoot her. But stun gun her. And she stabbed him. Sorry but she would not of gotten a second victim out of me.
LibraGirlonly

He wanted to kill her period.
DT

Good morning and absolutely not! Police officers aren’t trained to injure, but to stop the threat. Really think about what you just said, “he could have popped a leg.” How small is a leg compared to center mass. He most likely would have missed and she would’ve continued to advance him possibly stabbing him like the other officer. He acted accordingly. And your slow creep comment holds no weight. While “slow creeping” she steadily advanced towards him, ignored repeated commands to drop her weapon, thus creating a deadly force situation.
Blaque Mahogany

Why did he lie? If you felt like your actions were justified and you were indeed in fear for your life? Why lie?

There is a real inherent fear and lack of respect and compassion for Black people. Period. Had she been a white woman, he would have attempted to talk her down. There is little to no doubt about it in my mind. People fail to realize that disparate treatment involves the entire interaction that police have with Blacks…from initial contact to the fatal shot.
Readytochokemothernatureonout

Bless her family such a sad story you can’t flinch with cops not to mention stab and come after them. Just sad….
Wuts got Petty Davis Eyes..

They didn’t know she had the stars until after.. She didn’t reach for those…yes she did stab the Sheriff, THE sheriff had a right to put a hot two in her azz..and exactly where did she stab him? More than likely in an unarmored part like a arm or a leg..that sheriff could have killed her..I think this was a police that was mad that one of his own was injured so this was revenge.
Renee26

They probably won’t mention mental illness because that would kind of justify her behavior..
Renee26

Agreed
jussaying

sad that she is dead.. but wtf.. was she xena warrior princess at night time why the fugg she got ninja stars, swords, and medieval axes in her possession??? was she whipping warlords and gargoyles in the head..

also, i’m sorry.. but if the bish already done stabbed somebody she’d be getting shot! I don’t blame the officers here.. HOWEVER, i think shooting her in the leg would have been more effective. do these muhfuggas not go to shooting ranges to practice how to shoot effectively orr.. if she’s walking slowly, you have time to aim.
Wuts got Petty Davis Eyes..

Good morning. Your talking to someone who worked for years in corrections. I have a niece thats a sheriff deputy in St Louis and a niece thats a street cop. They are NOT trained to just shoot to kill. Where did you learn that? Also they are trained to use the gun to hit certain areas..They do not in training to instantly go center mass..unless it is a life or death situation…
DT

That’s not the technique of double tapping which is only taught and used in the military.
DT

I’m a sheriff in Florida, that’s where I learned that. Also I spent six years as a military police officer. And his situation was a life or death situation.
nucynu25

Sorry , I dont feel sorry .Its always sad when a life is taken but nah she already stabbed somebody & now she walking towards someone else with an Axe …
Renee26

Surely they are trained to injure…that’s why they are given tasers and billy clubs…they are only supposed to use lethal force if their lives are in danger. Then really it’s a judgement call, some officers injure people with weapons and other choose to kill. I’m not saying she wasn’t in the wrong I just wish more officers had compassion for human lives and would at least try to injure versus kill people.
softness1

Bump that if I was a cop and somebody was walking towards me with that I’m shooting.. I’m sorry. Black Lives Matter and all that but how the fuck you walk towards a cop with an ax in this day and age.. It’s suicide.. They killing kids and shit.. Sorry she is dead but he’s telling her to drop it and he’s backing up..Plus she stabbed another cop.. Oh hell no
LeBrick James

I do believe black lives matter but… you cant walk toward a cop with an ax in your hand and not expect to be shot.

This looks like sucide-by-cop to me.
Just Keya

This!!! So if the cop was black then what? It’s not always about race.
Wuts got Petty Davis Eyes..

Receipts please..and if you are I would NOT want to be in your neighborhood. I would love to know what precinct you work for because I would definitely call and question the practices there..because that is NOT the standard.
Just Keya

Thank you for your service.
nucynu25

Cops are trained to shoot to kill.. I do not agree with this but it is what they are taught ..
softness1

Did you just say Bruce Lee stars and Sho’nuff Ax????? ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!! I am so done.. I agree with ou
LeBrick James

True, but too many of “us” are trapped in a racial box. They view EVERYTHING through a racial lens.
whitty hutton

Zackly. I’m not gonna villainize EVERY single cop and white person. How were they to know she had bipolar disorder?
Lovelove

See…?
jussaying

oh! thanks for the clarity… that is ridiculous smh. you know i don’t think they even need real bullets to be honest. why can’t they have those hacksack guns like the SWAT team uses? those things hit really hard and are enough to tranquilize someone.
DT

Why would I try to injure someone walking towards me with a weapon that could possibly incapacitate me? Man all of you people really need to do the job for one day.
whitty hutton

ANY reasonable PERSON (cop or not) woulda shot her.
Just Keya

If you are coming at me with freaking Ninja weapons, and already stabbed someone else with said weapons, and I tell you to drop the weapon and stop, and you don’t, your going to get shot. Black white pink purple blue. Screw that.
nucynu25

& I am not making excuses for cops but at the end if the day they are human …where her FAM was when that rent was due ?
It’s Taurus Season

+1.

I agree from what I have read
Just Keya

They need real bullets! People out here on the street have real bullets and are a real threat!
Just Keya

This!!
softness1

I’m so done over your Xena warrior princess… I can’t even…lmao
nucynu25

Girl …exactly
jussaying

i disagree.. unless it’s like gang fire.. but for domestic calls like this.. .nope.
DT

Receipts for what. You are clearly being immature because I don’t agree with you opinion. Oh well. I didn’t ask for your corrections receipts. Wow. I’ve posted before you can go and look up that comment on that post. No reason to lie. I’m an adult you should act like one. And I don’t post my information because my children’s safety comes first. I don’t have the most liked job and I’ll be darned if I allowed you childish instigation to provoke me to post my personally identifiable information. Good day.
Just Keya

Nope. I for one sure don’t need to do the job. Because I would not of given that lady a chance to hurt me. I have a family and mess too. Naw. I see exactly what you are saying.
jussaying

lol, that used to be my show.
Renee26

I’ve never been interested in law enforcement but I am a humanitarian so that’s why I think about compassion for human lives. I’d rather criminals go through the entire legal system vs. dying without a trial. If I was an officer I wouldn’t automatically go for a kill shot and there are officers who think like I do.
Wuts got Petty Davis Eyes..

She was definitely in the wrong… period. But if all officers are trained to just kill…why do we even have trials for it? There are measures and common sense that is expected of every serviceperson. If it was the standard why even give them tasers and bean bag guns if your reasoning is every body who brandish a weapon should die even if they are doing a Jason slow creep on you and you have time to make a decision to grab right for lethal or left for non lethal (taser) If the officer thought he was justified..why lie an say she backed him into his car?
LibraGirlonly

That is where you are wrong. It’s always about our skin color when it comes to white cops. They are taught that black people are bad. Just like the cop shot another cop who was black. He saw the skin color and perceived the black detective as a threat. Wake up people this woman was ill and she should not have been killed. She was not a bish as some people on this blog referred to her.
nucynu25

My mom & dad are cops ..my mom serves warrants & my pops is the 1st blk homoicide cop in our parish ..I hate that they ate taught to kill but as my mom says , ” If it comes down to my life or yours , its going to be yours ..I gotta make it back to my babies”
whitty hutton

PREACH!!! ???
Just Keya

So people on domestic calls don’t have real bullets and are a real danger to everyone in the situation?! Maybe I watch too much ID channel. But to leave cops out here with fake bullets while people have real ones don’t seem smart to me. These cops have lives that matter as well. All of them are not out looking to do harm but they have to protect themselves.
Just Keya

All of this.
LibraGirlonly

Probably trying to get her some help. Do you know any mentally ill people? I do and it’s not easy trying to help them because they are adults and can come and go as they please.
Unita Lucinda “Lucy” Freebush

I hear you Keya. It just seems to be a DIFFERENCE at times, you know?
Wuts got Petty Davis Eyes..

Oh so because i challenge your deadly thought process Im childish? Mkay..most people who cant debate their issues go for the “you childish” route..Ill go with the “You deadly” and scary to have on the streets route…good day…
Just Keya

I don’t agree. She was ill and trying to do harm. So I guess if she would of killed the cop that would of been ok. Smh.
jussaying

i understand that… but your aim should be disable the person not to kill them. tranquilizers or those hacksack things coming at you at high speed DO disable people. they use those in tactical situations all the time. those things coming at you at however many miles per hour are enough to knock the wind out of you, and allow cops to gain control over the situation. i just don’t like that their first defense in EVERYthing is to kill someone.
LeBrick James

If she had kids I do feel sorry for them. It’s always sad when kids end up suffering for the sins (and bad decisions) of their parents.
LibraGirlonly

I hope you never have to deal with family member that is mentally ill.
DT

Appreciate it.
Just Keya

I hope you can one day see outside of the racial box.
LibraGirlonly

Especially if you are black but if you are white you will live to see another day.
nucynu25

It is a difference ..no denying that …but we can’t limit our delvrs to the oh BC if this was Becky it would’ve been different thinking ..it may have been ..but ultimately she caused her death ..it ain’t like she was walking from the store with skittles & gunned down ( rip Trayvon)
jussaying

i get that, however, why is that the FIRST response?? there are so many other points on the human body you can hit to disarm a person imo.
Genia Gouch

Idk if this is a conspiracy theorist reach…but could it be possible, the reason cops shoot to kill and don’t shoot to subdue, is due to health care expenses? Is it cheaper to kill?
jussaying

they make more money by imprisoning people.
Unita Lucinda “Lucy” Freebush

I’m not sure if you watched the video of the man in Ohio, but if there EVER was a time to shoot, (I’m taking your kneecaps and arms), for me that would have been it. He chased that cop all over 75. I knew he was a goner, but not really.
Just Keya

Keep the population down. I can see that.
LibraGirlonly

I see what my mind tells me to see and that is what we already know. Most white people are racist and don’t like blacks. It’s been studies recently in how they perceive blacks. I just keep it real with myself.
whitty hutton

Say that shyt. Sick of some Black people blaming every fukking thing on race…SOMETIMES it is but not EVERY damn time. How bout WE hold ourselves accountable for some of the fukk ass choices WE make. The “war” ain’t between Blacks and Whites, but really it’s between Black folks and NIGGAS.
Just Keya

Glad everyone I deal with can see beyond that. I don’t know most white people so I can’t make that assumption.
LibraGirlonly

That my point they only shoot to kill blacks.
Just Keya

OMG thank you!!!! Thank you thank you.
That’s Interesting

That’s also what I want to know. Why did he lie? You cannot trust a liar. She was violent but she was also mentally ill. I’m not sure if the shooting is technically unjustified or excessive force but he did not have to kill her. If she’d been a white woman, or man for that matter, she more than likely would be alive. We are rarely treated fairly, but a lot of us still don’t get that.
Afiya

He killed someone before the cop shot him. Everything is racial. . .EVERYTHING!
nucynu25

Yes I do …my bestie has a sis that is mentally I’ll ..and I’ve also been through the struggle also , so I know u dont just get kicked out for 1 months rent ..by the time the apt complex files through the court to evict you , you are months behind …so I guess her FAM was doing a lot of gathering huh ?
whitty hutton

I’ve said before that for every study a person can cite to support their opinion, the opposing view can find just as many to support their view…so citing some study designed to back up a specific viewpoint don’t mean shyt to me.
TheRealLee

lllll
Wuts got Petty Davis Eyes..

Hey Just… this is that old saying never take a job you are not equipped to handle. The life of a police is stressful as all hell.I absolutely get that. Hell I couldn’t hack just probation..fuk they drove me batshyt so I know police is 100000 more on edge. the answer is never to just say fuk it im poppin err one who looks dangerous…thats whats happening right now to our men..so if you are going to do the job..do it fairly knowing you hold life and death in your hands. Some police are just burned out and need to eval for a FMLA leave or something to renew their minds and know that they are dealing with humans. Alot of crazy azz ones..but human none the less.
LibraGirlonly

I agree with you. if this woman was white she would be alive today.
Just Keya

All of this. If your in court then you are missing a whole lot more than one month AND you were asked to leave and did not. So how much rent was the family giving her all this time. And if her mind was that bad off, go to court and do what you need to for her not to be a danger to herself and others. If it was that bad.
LibraGirlonly

Agreed and thank you.
nucynu25

Sorry , boo they are trained to kill.. FACTS
It’s Taurus Season

This is not racial to me. I personally woulda shot her ass and I am a colored too. She done already stabbed’t somebody. And was acting stabby again. Ummm yeah. Bish you gotta die.
http://Copblock.org aDingoDrankMyBabies

? hmmm. Yeah I guess. However a kill means less witnesses. I guess it goes both ways. Or several ways. Was reading the report from that cop that shot the Black man whom he told to grab his license. Initial report was the ‘suspect’ failed to comply and was approaching said cop. The video showed that was a lie…Finding out that said cop got busted with his wife stealing after he was fired as a cop was interesting as well. Just an interesting case altogether I suppose…I’m rambling?
whitty hutton

She ignant, I tell ya!! ????? real damn tears!
jussaying

LOL why i gotta be all that lmbo
LibraGirlonly

We are just assuming and it’s not fair to her family.
whitty hutton

Key word in ur post – “PROBABLY”. Where yo Carfax??
LibraGirlonly

Smdh
jussaying

its ok bb i love your rambles <3… i'm going to google that case sounds def interesting. thank you! always coming through with the knowledge.
http://Copblock.org aDingoDrankMyBabies

??????
Unita Lucinda “Lucy” Freebush

I had the skirt and everything. ?

Judge me.
SummerBaby

Happy Friday Roses! RIP ??
Just Keya

What ever happened at the end? I used to watch it on Saturday nights
jussaying

OMG… lmfao where does one even go to find such a thing?
LibraGirlonly

You don’t know what her family tried to do to help her and neither do I. Don’t judge.
It’s Taurus Season

OMG. Whitty. Man listen to ME. Me and @NakeyaJ were talking about this mess the other DAY. Not everything is racist man. That seems like the cop out and the easiest thing to SAY, so folks use it over and over. A lot of stuff IS. Do not get me wrong. About 85-90% IMO really IS. And that is the issue. When it IS race based, bc the race card done got pulled on repeat, we have a hard time proving certain CRAP. Folks need to get real.
Buttercup

acting stabby
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I’m unable to can?
Just Keya

How are you saying don’t judge but you already judged”most white people”?
Wuts got Petty Davis Eyes..

Thanks. Ok Imma let it go..but question..If you saw a 8 year old welding a toy ax and your an officer, would you use your training to kill or your common sense to deescalate the situation? This is all Im saying There are choices. Everyone was going crazy when the 12 year old with the toy gun was killed right? You thought it was fair he killed that baby? I know Im using extremes but death is extreme.
jussaying

i have nooo idea.. that was so long ago. i thought for the longest time that lucy lawless shadowed WWF as Chyna lmfao.
Just Keya

This. And get real quick
Just Keya

OMG me too!!!
jussaying

LOL.. they look the same… so did khole kardashian pre-OP.
Di Ana

“Sweatt’s daughter, Alainna Sweatt, called her mother’s death “unnecessary” and unprovoked.”
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It is unfortunate. Unlike a white person that can be charging at an officer with a deadly weapon and not be shot dead, those rules don’t apply to black folks.
nucynu25

Am not assuming I am going off facts ..idk what her FAM was doing but obviously it wasn’t enough & thus man telling her to stop & drop her weapon wasn’t enough …its NOT her family’s or the cups fault she us dead ..its just a sad situation
Unita Lucinda “Lucy” Freebush

I refuse to talk about @Brendan closet or the Hustler store. You can’t make me. ?
nucynu25

Bloop
LeBrick James

Sad but true.
Niggas give black people a bad name.

#realtalk
It’s Taurus Season

I have a mentally ill sister. 25 long ass years since her diagnosis. LONG .If she done stabbed somebody and still trying to stab another and not following directions to drop her weapon, that is NOT the time to be worried about if she has medicated. That convo shoulda happened about a week ago. It takes a LONG ass time for those meds to leave your blood stream to the point of you acting irrational. Days.
Saharabutnotdry

This lady up top had already attacked and tried to kill a sherrif , I would have off’ed her too . Sorry not sorry .
LibraGirlonly

So are you saying white people just loveee them some blacks ? Girl bye
LibraGirlonly

Bloop stoop
It’s Taurus Season

Bloopity bloop.
whitty hutton

I agree with you in some aspects but I, for one, am tired of providing three hots, a cot, free cable, college education, etc. for ANYONE (Black, White, etc.) who kill, rape and assault innocent citizens. They’re a drain on society in every aspect.
Unita Lucinda “Lucy” Freebush

I don’t have time for this today. ?
jussaying

i agree… this situation is unfortunate, but i do not envy family members of individuals with mental disorders who are adults. it’s really hard to control them. in my very limited knowledge (read, watching shameless and bates motel LOL), it seems that the person has to want to get better and/or take their meds. until they commit a crime or are deemed dangerous (to themselves or others), they can’t be admitted or forced on their meds right? so family interference is minimal if you can’t get them to accept your help.
whitty hutton

Although there are other options, shooting someone is a de-escalation method, as well.
Saharabutnotdry

Yes , not all whites hate blacks.
LibraGirlonly

That’s all I am saying on this here blog. I do know what you said to be true while some people want to say noooo whitey just love them some black folk.
LibraGirlonly

Mmmkay
jussaying

girrrl, i bet @Brendan got all kind of goodies up in that closet. i was trying to be azula from avatar for halloween this year… i bet he got some fire lord arsenal up in there.. you got that discount for me? where brendan at
Just Keya

All white people font hate black people. And I’m not going to throw that on all white people because of the ones who don’t like black people. Hell, is black people don’t always act right but y’all don’t want people calling all of us thugs right? But your right, good day and God bless.
Saharabutnotdry

My 2 uncles ( twins ) are also mentally ill and can be dangerous at times if not medicated . The whole family takes turns in monitoring them and making sure they are taking their drugs .
LibraGirlonly

Same to you?
Unita Lucinda “Lucy” Freebush

“Bloopity bloop” ?? Ah, you fancy, huh? If y’all don’t get the BLOOP out of here…

I can’t get this run in for laughing at BLOOPS.
Wuts got Petty Davis Eyes..

Heck yeah it is….all Im saying whitty..I would love for someone who has that power to use it with wisdom. I want them to go home to their love ones too, but when it is clearly a situation that can be handled different..handle it different.
SummerBaby

The sister of my best friend is mentally ill. It’s sad to watch. She refused medication & there was nothing the family could do. At one point she was living on the streets of D.C. & it’s not because folks didn’t love or or care about her. In fact she might be back living on the streets. It’s hard to control non mentally ill people so I’m not sure why people are always quick to blame the family.
Unita Lucinda “Lucy” Freebush

I AM having a fire sale…
Put some Respeck on B.Sweet

That convo shoulda happened about a week ago.
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I know this is serious but once I got to this line I started dancing around to ‘Hot Nicca’. Lawd help me I’m so ignant.
Just Keya

*whispers* me too.
GubmentCheeze

I don’t agree on that. She had already stabbed the deputy and is wielding a knife in public. The officer told her to step back and she in walking towards him and ignoring the request. I don’t think he was mad but his adrenaline was probably through the roof. As far as her stabbing the officer it was a stabbing!!! Not a cut or a light swipe. The officer got stitches which mean it cut to the “white meat”.
It’s Taurus Season

My mother. God BLESS her. She is damn near a SAINT on how she has always been the one in charge of my sister regimen. Im not sure who is going to do it when she leaves this earth. It is a HUGE undertaking. I guess me and my older sister and our cousin will be the ones taking turns. She refuses the help currently. And my younger sister IS violent when she is off her meds. But you can already see it coming most times exactly like I said. It normally happens when mom is traveling (lil sis JUST got her own place back in Oct.) or involved in activities that she SHOULD be doing as a retired person. Its hard to be saddled down like that.
It’s Taurus Season

Its why I put it in there. You know my ass inserts a bit of comedy in most everything.
SummerBaby

Much luv to your mom. ??
whitty hutton

?? Say that shyt. We’re becoming a race of the Blacks that “cry wolf”. I see niggashyt all day everyday where I live in a supposed to be bougie Black historical area of Atlanta. Sometimes I wanna shoot their ignant asses my damn self. How u stealing, raping, etc and expecting ME and mines to support you when the cops get in that ass. NOT GON DO IT!
It’s Taurus Season

Yeah man. She got cheated out of LIFE basically in some aspects dealing with that all these years. Its sad. Its real sad.
whitty hutton

????
Saharabutnotdry

It is very hard and draining on the family . God bless your mom , it’s just unbearable at times .
Amel

This is sad BUT I think justified.
Put some Respeck on B.Sweet

Glad I’m not alone.
SummerBaby

My best friend never had kids out of fear that they would be mentally ill.
Just Keya

This all damn day
nucynu25

I do not thing it was right when the little boy was shot ..1) the officer wasn’t on the scene five mins before he shot 2) the operator didn’t convey the correct info , she never told that ththis was a little boy & the gun was proberally a toy …but everybody’s reaction is not sane ..we are not allowed to dictate some ones reaction to our action
nucynu25

??
Wuts got Petty Davis Eyes..

Florida huh..Oh now I see where the mentality lies..Thanks for clarifying…looks disproportionately accurate..yall do shoot to kill..smh
Put some Respeck on B.Sweet

Sorry for the family but ya’ll knew what folks were dealing with. This is not like some of the other instances. She had already stabbed somebody and was fully armed to do something to somebody.
It’s Taurus Season

I used to get so PISSED in the comments section of our local news sites when the “others” would be like “Oh GOD. Here folks come. Making this racial. NOT everything is racial you know. Folks need to find SOMETHING else to say other than RACE race race all the time” I used to be HOT you hear me? Then I realized that ummm they kinda RIGHT?
whitty hutton

The whole family – you and ur other sibs included – get “cheated” for lack of a better word. But it shows the deep love and strength of character you ALL possess to hang tough and care for your family members. Everybody don’t have that. Most mentally ill folks’ families lose patience and leave them to their own devices, sadly.
Just Keya

Hey Dubb, you always have the information. Riddle me this: when the runaway slaves were trying to get up north, who helped them on the Underground Railroad? Was that not white people? And who was it protesting at the Black Panther rallies with them and for them when some of them got locked up? Was it not white people? Who was also marching with Dr. King and asking Malcom X how they could help? Was it not white people? At the lunch counters getting spit on right next to black people? Was that not white people? Or do I have the wrong information?
nucynu25

I feel bad for her FAM too..
Wuts got Petty Davis Eyes..

Maybe Im too much of a humanist.. lol..I am a softy and thats why I got out the whole probation/corrections thing. I don’t see me being a trigger puller when there may be a solution otherwise..You know my punk azz when home and cried the my first day of weapons training lol..smh..
Unita Lucinda “Lucy” Freebush

Meh. I hear you. Nevertheless, he was cut by someone who, unfortunately, was noncompliant and that’s all mattered to him (and the brethren) at the time.

This is just sad all around.
whitty hutton

Lies! Ain’t nobody said that shyt. Your extreme exaggerations make it all the more unlikely anyone will agree with or understand any of your opinions.
Nina Ross

If this was a white woman…
Wuts got Petty Davis Eyes..

YYYEEEEUUPPP..he went with that in mind..and whyy if you have a dangerous suspect would you send one car? Why did he get out and approach before the second car was in position? Most violent offenders take multi car action..but mkay…
Unita Lucinda “Lucy” Freebush

Da hayle? Whaaa? I’mma need you to buck up with the 9, AR 15, or you girlfriend of choice. Ya hear? ?
DT

Lol you working in corrections explains a lot. Were you a paper pusher? Most likely. All you did was work around correctional officers as a civilian. Have several seats. I would hate for you to be my back up and shit hits the fan. I didn’t reply to your previous comment because of your childish banter. But clearly you want a reaction. Grow the hell up and get a life. Smh. You wouldn’t last a day on the job.
Let Your Soul Glow

It’s hard to control non mentally ill people
——————
THIS!!!!
Let Your Soul Glow

Awwwww, that gives me the sads. Mental illness affects the entire family. Blessings to your mom.
lil goodie

But why couldn’t he just use his taser……did he get the two confused? ???
DT

Most likely one of those people who continuously applied to be an officer but couldn’t pass the physiological examination. #wannabeacopbutcan’t
MzFutureLCSW

Very good point.
It’s Taurus Season

THIS. Im so SORRY that lady out there living on the streets man. MY GOD. Lord.
whitty hutton

But it is wisdom based on their training. Is it always the BEST choice…no…I def agree with you on that point. However, I have law enforcement family members who have been damn near killed in the line of duty for choosing not to shoot.
Wuts got Petty Davis Eyes..

Girl I was all tew happy to relinquish that gun..I do have a 22.. that bish is in a gun safe..been there forever..lol..I took it out once when me and my ex went to the range to shoot. I will defend but I can’t just carry…#mybishazz
MzFutureLCSW

Reading the comments and people are making GOOD points BUT lil goodie makes a GREAT point.
Why not use a taser?
There are many cases where the cop is threatened and still does not shoot……………………………………………
THE OLDER SISTAH

^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This!
I have a family member who acts up from time to time (lately more frequently) and his mother always claims “he hasn’t taken his meds in a couple of days.” When she or the police finally get his azz to the hospital they always find no meds in his blood stream. He refuses to take them on a regular.The behavior described above is more in line with not taking your meds for a longer period of time than a week.
lil goodie

Does mase/pepper spray not work anymore. …. he could have used taser. …mase….. then take down method…..smdh..Un necessary death….
Unita Lucinda “Lucy” Freebush

Well, your handle says it all. A lot of times I’m just that. Gotta laugh to keep from crying sometimes.
Buttercup

You didn’t ask me but nope. All white people are the debbil. There were no white conductors on the train, blacks had to give up their seats for whites, and Bernie participated in Civil Rights demonstrations for publicity in his presidential candidacy 50 years later.
Roc

Domestic calls are actually the most dangerous for the police.
Just Keya

??? I hollered. Girl I just don’t get it. I really don’t.
SummerBaby

They’ve all tried taking her in, but she won’t stay. She prefers to wander. ?
Auditor

Sigh…seems like everybody is bipolar nowadays. My mom has a theory that constipation is causing these illnesses. You really should go after every meal if you eat right but at least once a day is ideal. People stay backed up for a week at a time and this causes toxicity in the body so I’m sure your brain is toxic too. I know when I don’t go everyday my day is off.

What y’all think?
jussaying

because they don’t know what they are walking into and they escalate, I get that. they also are usually the ones that end up with a dead person. tranquilizers could help that.
It’s Taurus Season

They were there.Quakers helped us letting us hide out in the barns. Risking their own livelihood if caught sympathizing.

Google Viola Gregg Liuzzo. A white woman who is honored in the Civil Rights Museum in Montgomery.
Unita Lucinda “Lucy” Freebush

Y’all make me SICK! If I end up on social media after coming off this treadmill that’s somebody’s AZZ!

I’m out Roses.
YES I SAID IT…

I don’t know the whole story and I wish he could have just wounded her instead of killing her but a bish come at me with an AX or anything that can hurt me, umma put a bullet in the bish too! I’m sorry, but this type of foolery gotta stop! U can’t be a victim when U are actually the one on the attack. If u are mentally ill or no someone that is, get them some help b4 they lose complete control and lose their lives.
LibraGirlonly

That’s all I am saying.
whitty hutton

Bloop! That’s all I’m saying. Trayvon didn’t have nary a weapon. This chick came out with a damn knife, sword…whatever u call it. The cops could not possibly have known she was mentally ill just by looking at her.
Auditor

Coming off them meds will have you bout to kill someone too…
LibraGirlonly

Yep
It’s Taurus Season

We fulla shyt therefore we crazy? Maybe.
100milesperhour

She walked towards him with a purpose. I would hardly say that was slow creeping. She approached him like he owed HER rent.
Auditor

Lol that’s her theory. My “quack Dr” aka acupuncturist says the same…
Yoni

Why I always miss the good posts! This is TOBY checking in. Da fvk yall doin in here today?
lil goodie

What you have to remember is that all officers in the academy learn how to handle a hostile situation without killing or shooting the assailant unless it is the last resort they learn takedown methods which could have been easily use to take this woman down without taking her life… ijs???
LibraGirlonly

I don’t need you to agree chile I stand on my own. Thanks now go take a cill pill lol
whitty hutton

Hatechu! ??????…**deep breff** ?????
whitty hutton

Too much risk tryna take down somebody with that kinda weapon…too damn close and she had already injured another officer.
It’s Taurus Season

THIS. This woman who got Chinese ninja stars in her POCKET BEEN off her MEDS. Gimme a DAMN break! Girl
Wuts got Petty Davis Eyes..

Im not a correctional officer..I WAS a probation officer WAAAS..I worked in corrections in the office. I relinquished my badge and gun when I KNEW it wasn’t for me to injure or be put into a position of life or death for the money..unlike you who clearly needs to get a psych eval I knew i wasn’t the type to kill… mkay..now whose childish..and youre an officer..I guess you have a nananeebooboo emotie too lol smh.. girl…
LibraGirlonly

Areed
AnonymousRose

Sweatt’s daughter, Alainna Sweatt, called her mother’s death “unnecessary” and unprovoked.

ok
lil goodie

She was crazy. ……they knew this when they went to her house….she should have been locked up earlier that day for a mental evaluation when she stabbed the other cop….
LibraGirlonly

Did you read all the comments? Nooooo ?
puppylove

See, I know I am going to hell, but i giggled when i read she had a ninja star. She was ready.
whitty hutton

…at first I thought u were for real…**wipes brow** Whew… ????
lil goodie

That’s why they should have locked her up earlier that day when she stabbed the other officer for a mental evaluation but instead they came back and basically took her life… just sad…
TheTruth

Have you ever tried shooting a moving person in a specific body part? You will more than likely miss and could hit someone else and be liable.

With a moving target, you aim center mass. Period. It’s sad, but she was wrong. Folks need to sit down on this one.
Yoni

I say TWICE a day. Morning and afternoon. If you don’t, then you are TRULY constipated.
puppylove

She was Bruce Lee on their asses they has no choice but to shoot her.
SpillyNillie

Was she an avid knife collector…geez…this is sad…she clearly needed help…

And why the hell are Drake and Odessia living together? Drake…bruh…you slipping…
YES I SAID IT…

U are right but lets not forget she already injured another cop and a lot of people that are cops are scared and weak and when they are approached they get frighten and they shoot without thinking. BUt U right they could have just tased her or something else
nucynu25

So she could blindly swing an ax?
It’s Taurus Season

Talking about race. Its exhausting.
SpillyNillie

I STAY constipated…you saying I need a psych eval?
Lambily01

Speaking from experience, police officers and U.S. military service members are undoubtedly trained to shoot to kill. This is a clean shoot. Point. Blank. Period.
whitty hutton

Did u read and/or COMPREHEND all the comments? Just because we don’t agree with you doesn’t equate to us believing whitey loves us (your ignant ass words). That’s insulting and ignant.
lil goodie

All officers whether on patrol or in jails or prisons all go to the same Academy and learn how to handle a hostile assailant when a fight breaks out or an officer is threatened. … in a jail or prison they can not just shoot the assailant they have to use their takedown measures ….I think this is something that officers have forgotten out on the streets…. all lives do matter regardless of the circumstances…
DT

What are you circling Miami for? I said Florida…like I previously stated a paper pusher. Girl bye
Auditor

Lol I’m saying you not at your best lol
LeBrick James

use a taser on someone swinging an ax?
harley_quinn2.0

Odessia ???
SpillyNillie

I concur…
GTFOHWTBS

i have no sympathy. tired of blacks wanting sympathy for the problems they bring on themsleves. all she had to do is comply . just yesterday i was wondering when will the next shooting occur and blacks cry foul, and here we are today. where are the black leaders? all we do is shout and holla until the next killing and go about out lives.. #smdh
Wuts got Petty Davis Eyes..

I really tried to keep a straight face when I read this..Im going to log off until i can play like I got some sense..
puppylove

I agree, in some circumstances, but yhis one here. No. She was in the wrong. Sad it ended this way. Cop shouldn’t have lied about how it went down, but he at that point was justified in shooting her.
whitty hutton

Y’all want police officers to coddle and handle mofos wit kid gloves ALL the damn time…not gon happen. #wishfulthinking. #agreetodisagree
nucynu25

????
Wuts got Petty Davis Eyes..

zzzzackly…
lil goodie

This was lady was obviously off her rocker they could have mased her or tasered her and handle the situation better that’s all I’m saying… they didn’t have to kill her even though she had weapons on her I don’t feel you should bring a gun to a knife fight…
Yoni

Then I’m going to do some more work. *pouts off*
nucynu25

Odessia ..let me Google this Lil ho
SpillyNillie

Odell, chile…
nucynu25

Tuah , u saying they want cops to carry pacifiers ?
Wuts got Petty Davis Eyes..

Off tawpic(to lighen the mood in this dark azz post
Does anybody know where I can get some Saltpeter? ROFL…
#fukmylife!!!!
lil goodie

Thank you for pointing that out……. he didn’t HAVE TO SHOOT HER TWICE… .
Pettyville123

Yesterday a cop saved a man not of black color who was begging him to kill him and attacking him….. now this… could he have shoot her the same way to disarm her? just my thought
Tammie Reed

It wasn’t like she was holding a gun, it was a knife/sword why not shoot her in the hand, arm, leg? Why do they shoot to kill people! You can tell something was wrong with her but when you are in the heat of things maybe everyone has too much adrenaline or something. I just don’t know, so sad!
Wuts got Petty Davis Eyes..

Yep… scared and weak should NOT be synonymous with Officer..
“If you scared go to church”
SpillyNillie

Had she been on the front porch and he at the cruiser, there would be room to argue “unprovoked.” She was clearly approaching the officer with a weapon. Who’s to say she wouldn’t have swung the weapon once she was close enough? It’s very unfortunate…
Auditor

She was mentally ill…no comparison to these knuckle heads out here not complying and doing wrong.
Buttercup

*lip quiver* I thought you knew me better than that.
nucynu25

Smh …like mfs acting like this lady had a spoon in her hand ..we talking abt a whole ax…
Wuts got Petty Davis Eyes..

You think the words paper pusher hurts don’tcha..girl right now I make more than you killah..pushing these papaz..see thats that bully shyt that cops say to other cops..but that holds no weight here…some male cop musta told you that and you were like Imma be in these streets an show how tough I am..take that take that..smh..you are soooo mentally strong… I hope your not on duty right now..your anger could be deadly…
YES I SAID IT…

LOL U a mess! If they scared they need to go to church and get a dog,lol!
whitty hutton

How petty is this gonna get?? Y’all don’t agree…it’s that simple. U think she’s dumb, she thinks ur dumb…see, something y’all can agree on. #helpful
Renee26

Well prisons will never cease to exist so I won’t complain about having my tax dollars go there. I will say I’d rather not see social security coming out of each paycheck knowing good and well that by the time I am old enough to collect the program will no longer exist. So all that money is thrown away…but money taxed to keep criminals in jail IMO is money well spent.
Just Keya

Whitty!!!! Chile yes. Be that voice of reason. Amen. *slides you some fruit snacks*
DT

Lmao. Angry over a stranger and her opinion. Never. Bro I’m done going back and forth with you. I actually have a life. Good day keyboard thug….
Renee26

Yes, I agree. He probably lied because he felt guilty and remorseful about what he did. Just like that cop who shot an unarmed black man in the gut and the man yelled at him “why you shoot me” and he responded you reached for a gun…all the witnesses were like what gun?? They’re quick to lie to justify their swift street justice.
100milesperhour

Or just locked up. Everybody isn’t crazy b/c they do crazy stuff. Not uncommon for people to become violent over evictions & car repos…it’s easy for her family to label her as bipolar after the fact. I think she was just mad as hayle.
Just Keya

Sandra, can we please get out of here? Because it’s just getting simple ass hell.
Wuts got Petty Davis Eyes..

I never ever wanted to be a police officer. Hell I didn’t want to be a probation officer..it just seemed like a logical end to my path at the time. But smartly I realized my limitation and made moves to get out of it.. I don’t think you had the wherewithal to do the same. You were military cop..bet your ASVAB score was low as hell.. I didn’t even go to the military and scored a 87 on that shyt.. what was yours 50 what lol.. But with all your intelligence you thought well I can’t get hired for shyt else..lets go be a cop and take my low goal having azz into the streets and take it out on somebody for my life choices. See doll I had degrees behind my shyt when I became a probation officer which you can’t even do with out a degree..You have one? Which online did you get it Pheonix or Dvry(when they weren’t shyt). So basically your military service got you your job..what you do 4 years? got out and tried other things and couldn’t hack huh..I know your type..lol..you don’t get respect so you push it on folks with your badge huh…
whitty hutton

**faints** “acting stabby” ??????
SouljaSociety

As a Black Man I gotta justify the cops actions….She’s wielding a weapon, and charging towards him, and his back was against the wall.
Wuts got Petty Davis Eyes..

You gone keyboard shoot me officer since Im a thug and all….Keyboards Up Dont Shoot…Chile Im just fukkin with you LOL…..Have a good day..seriously..No jokes all bullshyt aside..I pray your safety DT. I know your job is a muthafukah…you are a strong woman to do it…I will admit you are tougher than me….Like I stated on another post my soft azz cried the first night after training because I knew what I was being trained to possibly do.. Be safe (no Tea no Shade)
Put some Respeck on B.Sweet

I do it all the time… laughing because it’s better than crying.
whitty hutton

That’s what scared me…at first. I read it too fast then had to slow down and reread. ?
whitty hutton

as opposed to a “half” ax?!? QTNA ???
Wuts got Petty Davis Eyes..

ROFL Whitty..right..you know me I do it to see how far it will go..LOL..#IaintevergonebeshytonaFRIDAY
whitty hutton

????
whitty hutton

Yass…we know ur petty runs deep. **Chester Cheetah voice** ???
Wuts got Petty Davis Eyes..

HELLL its in my NAAAAME! PETTY DAVIS EYES..I see someone all in they feelings about shyt..I focus in just to debate…I slide slick to see how many times you gone try to “One Up” me..but seriously DT is cool..I truly respect her shyt..eventhough she don’t recognize her petty…Hey her new name should be Petty Officer!(and here we go again)
Youngblood

I just said yesterday I’ll be impressed if they can subdue a brown person the same way they subdued the white guy who killed someone and almost stabbed the cop…smh
goat

They will justify this murder, but he didn’t have to kill her, he wanted to kill her.
Low E. {CIRCA 1908}

I’M STAYING ON THE BENCH TODAY THEN…AIN’T DID THE EDUCATION BUT I’LL TAKE YA WORD FOR IT.
Necyscruiser

I agree with you, they have just thrown away all their training and the first thing they say is “I was scared and feared my life was in danger”! Why become a Police Officer if you do not have the courage to do the Job?
Unita Lucinda “Lucy” Freebush

Does her pic in the upper left corner remind anyone else of Monica? Om. Well, ok, I’m gonna sit down and tend to this raspberry I got after being unceremoniously dismissed off the treadmill.
Unita Lucinda “Lucy” Freebush

I plead the four 5th. ?
scentsychick30

Prayers for her family??. Sad situation all around.
Karma WhO

baby girl was like a samurai warrior..she was gonna chop his ass up with that knife..smh.. R.I.P miss lady.. we fight and struggle already as black women but to be killed over rent is a bit much
GubmentCheeze

Some of your points are valid but did you know that sometimes people get tased and they still stay up? If a person is having a psychotic break they are ten times stronger then the norm and if her family said that she was going to a bi-polar state I wouldn’t aim for the leg. The risk is too high so two to the torso.
Molly Church

Absolutely ??
Molly Church

She did not comply with the officers request all while armed with a “Deadly Weapon”. What did her family think would happen.?
Reg Ingram

I guess they stop using taser guns now that was totally unnecessary
Molly Church

People really need 2 take their Medication. It’s prescribed for a “REASON?
Molly Church

Family is always the first 2 call
“Foul AFTER chit happens, looking for a “Pay Day”.
Where were they when she needed support??. She was getting evicted? Why hadn’t a family member taken her N?.
whitty hutton

Tranquilizers can react badly with other meds sometimes causing death. Cops would still be second guessed and blamed for causing death if they used tranquilizers and the person still died.
E Love

Unfortunately, not everyone needing treatment is under a doctor’s care and receiving medication.
surprise2012

I feel you on that weapons training. I didn’t go home and cry, SHOOT the whole sheriffs training class and the instructors saw me cry. I didn’t care LOL I was a deputy sheriff for 2 years and a correctional officer for 1. I’m from a family of sheriffs and I am not the one. NOPE. NOT me. Although it was fun at times and OMG some of the stuff you would see. SMH
surprise2012

LOL- you are funny.
surprise2012

This is sad all around. But unfortunately this will definitely be a clear case of self defense. Especially since he did tell her to drop the weapon and get on the ground. Being evicted is never fun I’m sure but the landlord gives a person time to pay & some will work with you. It’s also a process to get an eviction notice served, plus once your presented with the eviction you have an eviction date, so evictions aren’t something that happen over night. I’ve never been evicted and I pray I never will be.
SweetsJunkie

If I was the officer with my weapon drawn, telling her to get to the ground and drop it, and she doesn’t listen and keeps coming towards me with that thing knowing she just stabbed another officer, I would’ve shot her azz too. Clearly she had no phucks to give.
SweetsJunkie

I never hear of policeman shooting someone in the leg or arm. Are policeman trained to shoot to kill, in the event that they have to fire their weapon?
http://totallifechanges.com/PurTEA VanillaCaramel2shotsExpresso

Unprovoked and unnecessary ? She had weapons…. Whether some were fancy and fake were unknown. Sigh…. Sad but I can see why she was shot.
Renee26

At least they’re tazed first to see if it will restrain or stop them. If all else fails use excessive force…he used his judgement which was fine but why lie about how it went down if there was no wrong doing.
imright

was he supposed 2 shoot her AFTER he was injured…?? or..???
Somewhat

I’m sorry he was defending himself.. Everyone she know saying it was unnecessary should have been helping her with the rent then. She was charging him with a weapon and just stabbed someoneZ
starbright9449

It wasn’t like she was a lil distance from him standing still. She was moving closer and closer toward him. He probably thought he couldn’t get a clear shot in the leg or shoulder so did what he had to do. I’d like to know what you would’ve done if someone was coming toward you with a big azz axe lol.
Taylordanes

for real this going back and forth…yall dont agree or KNOW one another..so chill
Taylordanes

dead…..
askquestions

Black people, especially when there’s probable cause, are completely disposable.
sunni_daze

I’m sorry but in this day and age even the mentally ill black folks know better than to walk up on a white officer an expect to live.
Goddess™

That’s exactly what it was…I am just scrolling through the comments and I SWEARRRRRR I can’t figure out for the life of me why no one is saying anything about the video of the schizophrenic “white man” that had a knife and was coming toward the police officer and ASKING THE OFFICER TO KILL HIM was only shot in the abdomen, the officer did NOT kill him. This man had ALREADY KILLED someone prior to his run in with the he officer with the same knife that he was coming toward the officer with btw. Why wasn’t he viewed as a threat to the officer, why didn’t the police officer kill him? ?
This man had already killed someone.
JazzyPudding

Is there’s a war against folks with mental illnesses? This kinda crap just makes my blood boil. I mean the police should be better equipped to handle people with mental illness and they need to stop shooting folks to kill when their lives are not in danger. What the heck was she really going to do to the other police with a decorative ax? His life was not in danger. It’s just awful.
ZRoJoTheLezBeyond

I have to stay out of the local news comments sections, too because I will get heated EASILY. No, things aren’t always about race but a lot of times the race baiters come out. It’s easy for me to lose my religion so it’s best for me to click on the “X” after reading the news.
http://batman-news.com Roderick2011

So they were able to take a guy who had actually committed murder and was brandishing a knife alive even though he attempted suicide by cop alive, but they can’t handle a mentally ill black woman without taking her life?

Uh, ok!!!
Wuts got Petty Davis Eyes..

I did in the beginning. This fool was G O N E.. but the police officer made a decision to not kill..why is it so easy to kill US? smh
ZRoJoTheLezBeyond

Acting “stabby”?
http://batman-news.com Roderick2011

How was he so careless as to allow her to get close enough to him to stab him before he tasered her?

This cop is all sorts of incompetent.
Wuts got Petty Davis Eyes..

First I would judge the fact that a real weapon of that size and mass would require two hands she doesn’t look steel ax strong. Have you ever picked up a normal ax blade? that shyt is heavy as fuk. Second. The time it takes for her to raise that weapon and charge, One shot to the body would have enough stopping power to wake her azz up.
yelpforhelp

I would have probably unloaded. That is scary as hail and I don’t care what color you are. It would only take a few seconds to fling that thing and f^ck you ALL the way up.
yelpforhelp

How can you measure someones strength? In my everyday life and most people for that fact, you don’t just know that. You’re being unreal.
yelpforhelp

How was he suppose to assess that it was a toy. “Slow creeping” what part of that isn’t scary as hail.
Chocolate Bliss

You just posted a whole bunch of things on yourself and not one person challenged you and demanded evidence of your employment. Would you really call a precint and question their practices. C’mon. Stop playing!!!
yelpforhelp

She stabbed somebody FIRST…..yes it was pretty much prerecorded that she was going to be shot.
yelpforhelp

…………but????? When do we get to put a “but” on somebody else life.
yelpforhelp

I know I wanted my husband to come home every day and every night.
side_i

Bruce Lee stars & Sho nuff ax….*CRINE*
brooklyn23

Am I wrong for laughing @ sho’naff ax?
Music

In this particular case, I don’t fault the officer. Mentally unstable, has already stabbed an officer, and she has a weapon walking towards me….Sorry, she has to go down.
OvertheMississippi

I am sitting in a restaurant right now fully armed. If a heifer comes at me with that ax, I am taking her out! No questions asked. A cop told me that their goal each day is to return safely to their families. I agree!
OvertheMississippi

Thank you!! Take her OUT!
Michelle

I would have fckd her whole life up.
Goddess™

You are absolutely right.? That dang fool was GONE out of his mind…begging and pleading to be put out of his misery. I think it is easier to kill us because of how they perceive us. We are passionate people, our skin is dark and society painted us as a people to be feared so “our” rage and anger is perceived as a threat. They are fearful when they approach a person of color because they expect the worst so when they run up on us they come with the “kill or be killed” mentality. Straight up…there is no other way to define this fuckery. They were conditioned that way through their upbringing BEFORE they became officers, and through academy training it has been reinforced.
ZZZ

Everyone on here can say what they want about what they would have done and what this officer should have done in this situation; but I’m sorry, if I was an officer and someone came towards me with an axe and was known to have just stabbed someone else in the process, I would have done the same thing as this officer.
MILA

The shooting was justified.
NYTimes#1Bestseller

If someone is coming at me with an axe and not backing down, if I have a gun im shooting to kill.
NYTimes#1Bestseller

Right!
jade

The shot in the abdomen could have killed him. Maybe it just so happens that it didn’t. Once you shoot someone you have no control over what happens after that. I see it as they both approached an officer with a weapon, both got shot, and it is just unfortunate this lady did not survive her injuries.
ifixstudentloans

Yeah but the white man that had a real knife and had already killed someone they apprehended not killed him FOH
Goddess™

We ALL know good and well there is zero tolerance in the black community when it comes to the police. They do not kill whites at all or nearly as much as they kill blacks and you KNOW THAAAATTTT! You KNOW THAT! It just so happened that he survived and she didn’t, you said…then how…JUST HOW when a black is shot he NEVER SURVIVES and he is shot MORE than one time. He’s shot like 19 OR 41 times to ENSURE that his black a$$ is dead! How I see it, and how REALITY IS, is FULL proof of how it really goes down and how blacks and whites are handled differently. He was shot once, the BLACK WOMAN was shot twice. If she was a Black male that cop would have emptied the clip, reloaded and let more shots ring out. Don’t give me “the man was shot in the abdomen, he could have died as well”…cops are trained to “wound” and trained to send deadly shots. He made certain he ONLY wounded that white male. You know godd@mn well if that man was black he would have shot him MORE THAN ONCE and not just in his abdomen. It would have been another day of us (Blacks) out fighting for what may have or have not been considered a wrongful death however it would have been an UNMERCIFUL death because we are handled differently. Go back to my original post on this and educate yourself on MY black people. You DON’T want to come for me on this. I don’t believe you are black but as you can see I am a black woman??…I am in my forties so I’ve lived over 4 decades and this has been going on BEFORE my time. You know what’s going on in our world, if you don’t… get your behind from under that rock and recognize!

Penned the Goddess??
LoupGarouTFTs

She had already stabbed another officer. I’d say the threat was a credible one.
LoupGarouTFTs

When did he lie?
Love Lisa

So he couldn’t shoot her in the leg s she could stop walking towards him, he had to shoot her in the chest.
Traci404

This story is crazy in itself, what black woman has a “NINJA STAR” in her pocket.
No one in the family knew she had all this ish?
Ninja gear, 15 inch knife, 5 in pocket knife, and an skull ax.???

If the officer shows up and you have an axe in your hand, real or fake.
He yells “get on the ground” and you keep coming towards him.
He yells the command to “drop it” and you don’t.
He is going to SHOOT TO KILL.
Traci404

After looking at the video above.
You really think this was a “apprehend her” situation?
You might want to look at the video again.
Traci404

AMEN
Star

I wish it was some way that cops can really be trained to handle people with mental conditions. I wish they would shoot to stop them and not to kill. The lady clearly was going toward the cop and did not stop. The families of people with mental conditions have to step in and make sure they are getting proper treatment and help so things like this will not happen. They are not able to be on their on because things that they cannot control can be the death of them and it is sad.
ifixstudentloans

You an shoot to injure or shoot to kill
Wuts got Petty Davis Eyes..

Soooooo on point!!! ????????
ifixstudentloans

He could have used a stun gun or not shot to kill.
Traci404

Somebody coming at you with an ax, is not a stun gun situation!
How about, SHE COULD HAVE TAKEN HER DAMN MEDS?

They folks aint trying to use no stun gun.
MS.BEE

IT’S MORE BLACKS KILLING EACH OTHER THAN ANYTHING. BLACKS WILL HATE EVERY POLICE FORCE BECAUSE OF A FEW WRONGFULLY DEATHS, BUT WON’T JUSTIFY THE FACT THAT WE ARE TAKING EACH OTHER OUT EVERYDAY. THAT OFFICER HAD EVERY RIGHT. I DON’T CARE WHAT COLOR SHE WAS!!!
ifixstudentloans

Traci, I was a police officer in the City of Miami in the 80’s and 90’s during the cocaine cowboy days and I NEVER shot anyone and didn’t even have a stun gun. These cops now a days are to damn shoot to kill happy.
MsVida

Exactly. She could have been smoking dust for all he knew. People on pcp are superhuman. If you’re coming at a cop with an axe you are either high af or totally unstable.
Blaque Mahogany

“Spray’s original story was that the 40-year-old woman backed him inside his vehicle before he fired his service weapon at her.”
LoupGarouTFTs

The way I heard it, he said that he back “into” his vehicle, which of course was wrong because he backed “into” the second vehicle. I’d sure like to see the original transcript of what he said, as that makes all the difference in the world, especially if someone else replaced the word into (used all the time to mean “made contact with”) with the word “inside.”
Pam Killing

Um, she had a ax ssooo… ok.
TP

The first shot did not take her down. His actions are justified. Every situation is not about race!!! SMDH
TP

The first shot did not take her down. His actions are justified. Every situation is not about race!!! SMDH
Miss Thang

Their goal should be “to protect and serve” the communities in which they work. That attitude of being overly militant is what is making them overreact or react incorrectly to these types of situations. Cops are more like to be killed in a car accident than in an actual shooting. Most of these cops should not have a gun. They do not know when it’s appropriate to use it.

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