NYPD cops fatally shot a teen in mental distress wielding scissors in his Queens home Wednesday after he called 911 on himself, according to police. The 19-year-old called 911 just before 1:40 p.m. as he spiraled out of control during a “mental crisis,” NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said at a Wednesday news conference. Two officers arrived to the two-family home near the corner of 103rd St. .
The most-read story on Native News Online this National Native American Heritage Month has not been about celebrating Indigenous heritage but is about how one Lakota elder’s culture was stolen from him in a hospital bed by a pair of scissors. The story started when Arthur Janis (Oglala Sioux Tribe), who resides on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, began experiencing severe abdominal pains in August.
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The man who was shot and killed over the weekend by officers with the Fresno Police Department was identified on Monday. Maximiliano “Max” Sosa Jr. was the person officers say brandished a pair of scissors at them and made it known he wished to end his life. On Saturday morning, police […]