AUTHORITIES SAY EXECUTION BY FIRING SQUAD WAS NECESSARY. From [HERE] and [HERE] Detroit police said they fired 38 shots in three seconds at Porter Burks, a 20-year-old schizophrenic Black man, as he was in an apparent mental health crisis, killing him.

During a press conference last Tuesday with Detroit Police Chief James White, snippets of body camera footage were shown of events leading up to the fatal shooting that occurred Sunday. The body camera footage shown involved a trained crisis intervention officer identified as Shawn in the video.

In the video, officers can be heard negotiating with Burks, who is alleged to have been armed with an 8-inch blade knife, ordering him to put it down and offering to get him some help.

"You're not in any trouble, just drop the knife and we'll get you some help," the officer said in the video.

Burks can be seen running toward officers in the video before he was fatally shot. Burks was too far from law enforcement for a taser to be effective, according to the police chief (?)

Detroit Police executive team director Christopher Graveline said there were numerous officers at the scene Sunday where Burks was killed, but only five had fired their weapons.

Due to the ongoing investigation by Michigan State police, White said he is not releasing the full names of the five officers involved [b/c its a secret'] but they are all currently on administrative leave.

His family has retained Attorney Geoffrey Fieger who said Burks' mom would need to be appointed as the head of the victim's estate before a lawsuit could be filed. Once the appointment is approved, the Southfield attorney said he would be filing a suit alleging negligence by the police officers, as well as violations against the civil rights act and the state constitution.

Fieger said the police version of events is “propaganda” designed to mislead the public. Burks has no criminal records or arrests. [MORE]

The police chief claimed that the knife Porter had was 8 inches. Attorney Fieger however, said it was a mere foldable pocked knife with a 3 inch blade. Feiger also stated that Porter was “a tremendous distance” from police when he was executed by them. Specifically he said Porter was an estimated 46 feet from the cops when they shot him. He described it as an execution by “firing squad.”

Feiger said Porter was lifting up his arms when he was shot. He also confirmed that police also tased him. The attorney said after shooting the man 38 times the cops handcuffed his corpse in the street. Police then inexplicably took the body to the hospital,. Fieger said the police chief should explain why the body was dropped off there without telling doctors or medical staff what occurred.

The attorney there should be at least 5 body camera videos and private “ring camera” camera video that police confiscated after the incident.

Feiger said he was treated worse than an animal. [MORE]

Burks was diagnosed with schizophrenia three years prior and was having a mental episode, according to his brother Damondo Anderson, who called the police for help.

In the remixed and edited body camera video from one of the five cops, Anderson tells police Burks was frantic and slashed his tires. Anderson claimed he was "concerned for people" because he was armed with a knife.

Police were aware of Burks' mental health condition, according to Graveline. They responded multiple times on separate occasions -- two incidents dating back to 2020 where Burks stabbed his siblings.

Feiger stated since police were aware of his past why didn’t they come prepared with their body armor, bullet proof gear or tasers to deal with a person holding a 3 inch foldable pocket knife?