Dallas police shot a mentally ill black man on his doorstep because he was holding a small screwdriver, a newly released video shows. Jason Harrison, 38, was shot six times in the chest, arm and back on June 14 last year. The event was captured on the body camera of one of the officers, but the recording was only released this week by the attorney for Harrison’s family, which is suing the city over the killing. Harrison suffered from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and his mother Shirley had called the police on several prior occasions to help her get him to a hospital. The video shows her calmly exiting the house, telling the officers her son was “just off the chain” and a “bipolar schizo.” As soon as the officers saw Harrison holding a screwdriver, however, they began to yell at him to drop it. Seconds later, one of them opened fire. The original body cam video is 18 minutes long.
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