Death by Cop  2022-2024

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Porter Burks

Gender : Male

Age : 20

Race : Black

Date : 10/02/2022

Location : Snowden+Lyndon St

City : Detroit

County : Wayne

State : Michigan

Agency : Detroit PD

Officer(s) :

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during mental health welfare check

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Detroit PD responded to a call from the family of Porter Burks, informing them of a mental health crisis and that he wanted to get back to “medical treatment.” Police arrived and allegedly found Burks carrying a knife. Police allege he “lunged” at them, whereupon 4 officers fired shots and killed him with 38 shots in 3 seconds. Police released heavily edited parts of BWC recordings in which all vital parts have been edited out. The claim that Burks lunged at police with a knife cannot be confirmed and is not seen on the video police released, an odd fact considering police justified the killing with the claim of Burks “lunging” with a weapon. The Wayne County DA declared the killing as Justified.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/detroit-police-chief-james-white-update-on-fatal-shooting-of-mentally-ill-man-armed-with-knife

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2022/11/23/detroit-cops-who-shot-porter-burks-wont-be-charged/69674841007/

https://www.wxyz.com/news/detroit-police-expected-to-give-update-on-officer-involved-shooting-that-left-22-year-old-dead

https://wdet.org/2022/11/02/detroit-evening-report-medical-report-finds-detroit-police-shot-porter-burks-19-times-family-suing-for-50-million/

https://www.michiganradio.org/criminal-justice-legal-system/2022-11-23/no-charges-for-detroit-officers-who-shot-and-killed-porter-burks

https://www.metrotimes.com/news/prosecutor-wont-charge-detroit-cops-who-shot-porter-burks-19-times-31677230