Las Cruces Police Shoot & Kill 75 Year Old Amelia Baca Who Has Dementia - Earning The Hate

UNJUSTIFIED USE OF DEADLY FORCE
EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE
NO DUTY TO ACT
POLICE COULD HAVE LEFT
COPS LOVE TO SHOOT PEOPLE AND TELL EVERYONE HOW DANGEROUS THEIR JOB IS
ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGEOUS EXCESSIVE AND UNJUSTIFIED KILLING.

Las Cruces, New Mexico — The Las Cruces Police Department released body camera video of the officer-involved shooting that resulted in the death of 75-year-old Amelia Baca who was holding two knives in her hands on April 16. Baca, had dementia, according to her family. Police were called after she allegedly was threatening members of the family. In the video, the first officer who approaches the door tells two family members who were with Baca to step out of the house.

As the two women exit the house, one tells the officer Baca is holding knives, is mentally ill and asks him not to shoot her. An officer's body camera captures Baca holding a kitchen knife in each hand. The officer commands Baca multiple times to drop the knives, but she doesn't. The officer, the women and Baca all appear to yell for 40 seconds, then the video provided by the city blurs the final couple of seconds before Baca is shot. Audio from the video shows the officer fired two rounds. The city has yet to release the name of the officer who fired the fatal shots.

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