Virginia High Schooler Threatens Suicide, Police Arrive And Kill Him“Why would you shoot a child that is suicidal? You are there to save him, not finish him off.”Police State USA Jul. 01, 2014 |
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PURCELLVILLE, VA — A community is devastated after a suicidal teenager was shot to death by police following a family’s call for help. Christian Alberto Sierra, 17, was a popular student and athlete at Loudoun Valley High School. His friends noticed his good-natured demeanor begin to slip into a depression and ultimately toward the unthinkable. On May 24, 2014, he suffered a breakdown and threatened suicide. While at a friend’s house on a Saturday afternoon, he began to act erratically and harmed himself with a knife. The Washington Post describes what happened: Christian began cutting himself with a knife, his mother said, and a friend called 911 shortly after 2 p.m.Christian was shot an unknown number of times by a Purcellville police officer, who was responding to a suicide call. Christian died shortly thereafter. His mom, Sandra Sierra, was beside herself when she heard the news. “I banged on their car and I’m like, 'You killed my kid. You killed my kid,'” Sandra yelled at the officer. The officer claimed that Christian “lunged” at him, justifying the shoot. But others claim the officer was too quick to pull the trigger. "Why would you shoot a child that is suicidal?" asked the teen’s mother. "You are there to save him, not finish him off." “They’re supposed to come to help and stop the suicide and they came and killed him,” said Natalie Moriarty, Christian’s aunt, to MyFoxDC. His friends and family have had to learn a painful lesson that many others have faced; that inviting the government to resolve a crisis will often result in wanton violence and tragedy. Christian Sierra has become another victim on a growing list of folks who have been victimized by those who were supposed to come to help. _ Police State USA is a volunteer, grassroots alternative media outlet dedicated to exposing the systemic formation of an American police state. |