As seen in the Waco Tribune-Herald, February 9, 2021
Court records: Man shot by Lacy Lakeview officer had mental illness history
The man shot and killed by a Lacy Lakeview officer Sunday has been identified as Dustin Demaurean Powell, a 34-year-old Lacy Lakeview resident who a court-appointed psychologist had previously recognized as needing treatment for schizophrenia.
Powell, who is Black, was shot once in the chest by officer Thomas Beasley on Sunday morning after Powell ignored numerous commands to drop a hatchet and stop advancing toward the officer, Lacy Lakeview Police Chief John Truehitt said Tuesday.
Read the story in the Waco Tribune-Herald:
Court records: Man shot by Lacy Lakeview officer had mental illness history
I don’t know how many of these cases will happen before people understand what this drug can do.
The family said his mental illness began at age 18. Too bad there’s no mention as to if this was when his marijuana habit began.
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams has stated clearly, that marijuana abuse does lead to addiction and the use of other drugs.