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April 20, 2015

Missouri: Police Kill Black Man with Knife After Mom Calls for Help 
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Police in St. Louis County, Missouri, shot and killed a 23-year-old
African-American man after his mother called them for help. Police say
Thaddeus Mc Carroll emerged from his house with a knife and charged at
them, after his mother reported he was behaving abnormally and talking
about a "black revolution." Audio from a police body camera shows Mc
Carroll repeatedly asking the police to go, saying he is "pissed off
because you guys won't leave me alone." Police fired a rubber bullet,
then, seconds later, opened fire with an automatic weapon.