Crime & Justice

Cops Unleash 38 Rounds at Black Man in Mental Health Crisis

WRONG INTERVENTION

Porter Burks was armed with a knife, but his family asked for help—and an attempt at peaceful resolution quickly went off the rails.

Pilar Melendez
Pilar Melendez 

Senior National Reporter

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Pilar Melendez

Pilar Melendez

Senior National Reporter

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