Less than 10 seconds after officers opened the door, police shot Yong Yang in his parents’ Koreatown home while he was holding a knife during a bipolar episode.

Less than 10 seconds after officers opened the door, police shot Yong Yang in his parents’ Koreatown home while he was holding a knife during a bipolar episode.

Parents in Los Angeles’ Koreatown called for mental health help in the middle of their son’s bipolar episode this month. Clinical personnel showed up — and so did police shortly after.

Police fatally shot Yong Yang, 40, who had a knife in his hand, less than 10 seconds after officers opened the door to his parents’ apartment where he had locked himself in, newly released bodycam video shows.

Now the parents of Yang, who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder around 15 years ago, have told NBC News exclusively that they are disputing part of the account captured on bodycam, in which police recount a clinician’s saying Yang was violent before the shooting on May 2.

  • Kumatomic@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    894·
    6 months ago

    As someone who struggles with mental illness, but has been lucky enough to not need intervention or hospitalization in my life so far, this seems like another good time to say ACAB.

    • MrVilliam@lemmy.worldEnglish
      363·
      6 months ago

      It’s never a bad time to say ACAB. Occasionally, one does something decent, but even a serial killer might occasionally hold the door open for somebody at the post office or whatever.

      Every time I see a positive police story, I suspect copaganda. They are class traitors, restricting our liberties in order to protect capital, and it’s by design.

    • datavoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
      34·
      6 months ago

      I’ve dealt with cops during bad mental health episodes. Honestly I’ve been extremely lucky - assuming ALL cops were bastards I’d 100% be dead right now.

      • Wasp@sh.itjust.works
        211·
        6 months ago

        If you have a pit with a hundred snakes, and only two of them are aggressive and venomous, would you climb into that pit?

        I sure as hell wouldn’t

        It doesn’t matter if there are good cops, the few bad cops ruin all of them because it’s a dice roll who you get.

        • OfficerBribe@lemm.ee
          21·
          6 months ago

          If you have 100 doctors and 2 of them are incompetent would you never go to hospital? Trusting any unknown person is a dice roll.

          • Wasp@sh.itjust.works
            1·
            5 months ago

            Doctors are held to a higher degree than our police officers are, so yes. I’d take my chances with getting those two incompetent doctors.

            Expecially since if I’m unhappy with my care, I can choose a different one.

            Can I do that with a police officer?

            No, no I cannot.

            Even if something goes wrong with that doctor, if I’m still alive, I’ll be able to take action against them, taking action against a police officer?

            Goodluck.

      • thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        71·
        6 months ago

        They aren’t literally saying anything about the marriage status of anyone’s parents. More that cops are all offensive or disagreeable persons