Cops Accused of Killing 'Disoriented' Dad as He Stumbled From Car Wreck
Criminal justice activists have accused Raleigh police of fatally shooting a young dad who was “so confused and disoriented that he didn’t even respond to his wife when she spoke to him” following a highway crash in North Carolina.
Daniel Turcios, 43, was shot and killed by officers who responded to a car crash last week involving the beloved husband and father to three boys. Police said they received multiple 911 calls at about 1:30 p.m. on Jan. 11 about a car wreck indicating that a person was intoxicated.
During a news conference, Raleigh Police Chief Estella Patterson said the El Salvador native was allegedly “armed with a knife” when he was walking away from the scene of the crash alongside a small child.
According to Patterson, who cautioned repeatedly that details about the incident were “preliminary,” Turcios was ordered repeatedly to drop the knife.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/raleigh-cops-accused-of-killing-disoriented-dad-daniel-turcios-as-he-stumbled-from-north-carolina-car-wreck?ref=home
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Never occurred to them that a head injury suffered in the accident would have made him disoriented. Nope.......
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