Cop Cleared After Killing Mentally Disabled Double Amputee Wielding a Pen

A police officer has been cleared of charges after fatally
shooting a man who was mentally disabled, a double amputee and
at the time of the shooting was wielding only a ballpoint pen.

Houston Police Officer Matthew Marin did not violate police
procedure in the shooting of Brian Claunch, a 45-year-old
man who had paranoid schizophrenia and used a wheelchair, said
Police Chief Charles McClelland on Oct. 24, according to local
radio station News 92FM.


Read full story at The Huffington Post
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