Thread: Footage released of Cops firing 46 times at homeless man with a pen knife

GRAPHIC footage has emerged showing a homeless man being shot and killed by police in the US who fired a barrage of 46 bullets as he held a penknife.

Milton Hall, who was mentally ill, was surrounded by eight officers training their guns in a shopping centre car park in Saginaw, Michigan, in July 2012.

The 49-year-old had been arguing with police after an alleged altercation with a shop assistant for several minutes and the video shows him refusing an officer's demand to put down the knife.

After a tense stand-off, he appeared to step forward and police opened fire. The footage, taken by a bystander, shows Mr Hall fall down almost immediately and lie unmoving on the ground.

He had been shot 14 times.

As he lies bleeding, the officers are seen attempting to handcuff his lifeless arms and dragging his body along the ground, with one officer appearing to kick his back.



Police officers attempting to handcuff Mr Hall after shooting him Shocked onlookers can be heard shouting at police after the shooting, with one asking: "Why did they have to shoot him so many times?".

The death of Mr Hall, who was black, at the hands of white police officers sparked protests and calls for the police who shot him to face criminal charges.

But the county prosecutor and Department of Justice declined to bring charges against them, accepting the that the action was justified in the face of what they felt was a threat.

Mr Hall was "known" to authorities for committing previous offences, a police spokesperson said at the time, but his family said he had only committed minor, non-violent crimes.

His mother, Jewel Hall, described her son's death as "an assassination", by a "firing squad dressed in uniforms".

In an interview with the American Civil Liberties Union, who released the latest footage, she said Mr Hall fought for equal rights and worked with Rosa Parks, the famous civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her seat for a white bus passenger in 1955 was one of the key events in the civil rights movement.

"His blood [was] running down the street like water," Mrs Hall said. "And he wasn't a threat, I mean, he had a little pen knife.

"He had no idea that those policemen would do that to him…justice still has not been served."

Mrs Hall is now working with other families bereaved by police shootings and campaigning for changes to laws governing the police use of "deadly force".

Footage shows US police shooting homeless man 46 times | Toowoomba Chronicle

Fucking disgusting.




..... my arse.

Pretty fucked up. Beanbag gun not an option? Rubber bullets? Taser? Nightsticks/batons? The dog they had right there?

Or maybe that fat 300lb+ cop who could barely waddle up to the body could have just sat on him?

Fucked up stuff.....

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

The dog they had right there?

The black dude was basically scared shitless, especially of the dog. The dog was getting all of his attention and it was the dog that he was trying to get away from.

Awful really.

WTF was that? Crazy!!!

It happened 2 years ago...why post the story now?

^ACLU just released the footage.

Originally Posted by pseudolus

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

The dog they had right there?

The black dude was basically scared shitless, especially of the dog. The dog was getting all of his attention and it was the dog that he was trying to get away from.

Awful really.

Exactly. If they had released the dog, the guy would have forgotten all about his pen knife when 100lbs of police dog hit him, and could then have easily and safely (for all parties) been subdued.

They had LOTS of options other than a firing squad.

I wonder where the other 32 bullets ended up?

Originally Posted by Necron99

I wonder where the other 32 bullets ended up?

I thought of that as well....really, how could they miss?

Unbelievable. Something similar happened in Oz not long ago. And it's happened before, a NUMBER of times. Depends on how far back you want to go.

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Watch the dust flying behind his body. The sound reminds me of Chinese fire crackers

Originally Posted by pseudolus

Fucking disgusting.




..... my arse.

Delusional police state.
They like it that way.

Fucking pussies. Can't take a knife off a guy?
That makes me fucking angry.
Cowards.

Agreed.

Any follow-up from the 2012 ACLU case to be found?

The disgusting pigs need the same treatment.
How can anybody respect arseholes like them.

They employ the dumbest of the dumb usually. Cops with criminal minds that intentionally look for the opportunity to shoot. Failed marine wannabes!

Give them AK47s, They look like they need Autos to make sure they at least hit the target 50% of the time.

Originally Posted by Jesus Jones

They employ the dumbest of the dumb usually. Cops with criminal minds that intentionally look for the opportunity to shoot. Failed marine wannabes!

You nailed it !

I mean...it's not like they did it spontaneously, when he started to suddenly get aggressive. They lined up for the kill ! Dickheads.

I was kind of hoping that if they fired, they would have done it while they were still arranged in an arc, thus cross-firing into each other.

That, I think, is one of the most outrageous videos of police abuse I have ever seen - and there are hundreds of them.

That these assholes didn't get charged is simply revolting.

Yes cops in America are fucking out of control. These killings are constant and they keep happening. It is mostly in the southern and midwestern states. That is a place I consider the dark zone.

Originally Posted by bsnub

It is mostly in the southern and midwestern states. That is a place I consider the dark zone.

Is L.A. NYC, Philly, Boston and Oakland California considered Southern or Midwestern bsnub? Seems to be occurring a bit broader than the locals you refer to.

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

Exactly. If they had released the dog, the guy would have forgotten all about his pen knife when 100lbs of police dog hit him, and could then have easily and safely (for all parties) been subdued.

They had LOTS of options other than a firing squad.

You just said everything I was going to.

That is some fucked up shit, if they get away with it.

"If"?

They're fucking sanctioned.

It's the people giving them the right to do that that should get life for that.