When Dallas police officers John Rogers and Andrew Hutchins arrived at the front door, Harrison’s mother stepped out, letting the officers know that her son was bipolar and schizophrenic.
What happened: Harrison’s mother called police saying that her son was off his medication and acting out, and requested help to get him to a hospital. (In February 2013, Morrison shot and killed another man while on duty, and was cleared of any wrongdoing.) In January 2015, a coroner’s jury ruled the action a justifiable homicide. Morrison stated that he thought Ramirez-who’d been identified as a suspect in an armed robbery the prior night-was reaching for a gun, so he shot him three times. Morrison later testified that, after he ordered the passengers to put up their hands, Ramirez repeatedly dropped his left hand. What happened: Richard Ramirez was in the back of a car that was pulled over by officer Grant Morrison. Randi McGinn, the special prosecutor appointed to take over the case in April 2015, told Mother Jones that she is likely to pursue homicide charges, originally brought by the district attorney, and will make a determination in the next few weeks.
What happened: James Boyd, a homeless man who reportedly suffered from mental illnesses for years, was shot by Albuquerque police officers Keith Sandy and Dominique Perez after a standoff over Boyd’s hillside encampment in March 2014. WARNING: The videos below contain graphic footage that some viewers may find disturbing. (One of those five cases is currently under review by the US Department of Justice.) Three of the 24 officers total who were involved in the 13 cases are currently facing criminal charges. Officers in the five other cases have been absolved of wrongdoing via local or state proceedings. In one case, now six months old, the two officers involved still haven’t been questioned by investigators. Mother Jones has contacted law enforcement officials about the status of these 13 cases: Investigations are ongoing in eight of them. In three cases, the suspects killed reportedly had serious mental-health problems-which may have been known to the police in at least two of those cases at the time of the shootings. Below are 13 videos of fatal police encounters recorded between March 16, 2014, and April 4, 2015.
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