The police arrive to a man with a gun who is also mentally ill and possibly abusing substances although that was never clear. Jacob Craig pointed the gun at the police officer and now he is dead.
I thought gun laws kept guns out of the hands of the mentally ill. Jacob Craig is soundly stated as mentally ill. What was he doing with a gun?
Jacob Craig could have been in downtown Tulsa when he decided to carry his gun into a crowd when a police officer was apparent. What was stopping this man from killing numerous people with a gun he clearly should not have had in his possession.
I am not saying the police officer had no right to defend himself. The PROBLEM here is the fact Jacob Craig had a gun at all. Our laws and the gun lobby proclaim the requirements to prevent mentally ill people are enough to protect the public. CLEARLY, that is not the case. Where are the lawsuits that demand the mentally ill never obtain weapons? The regulations are clearly not working and not a thing is being done.
This is not simply a fluke case. There have been many others whereby a mentally ill person died by a police bullet because the officer was defending himself or herself. Then there are the issues like Virginia Tech. The laws that require background checks for mental illness or criminal history are obviously unable to protect Americans, and I might add nor those among us that are mentally ill.
When is this going to change? Where did Jacob Craig receive a gun at all? Now that he is dead the case of his death is closed. Why? There is no reason to close the case when in fact he was mentally ill and possessed a gun.
December 26, 2017
By Kyle Hinchley
A man fatally shot by police (click here) after reportedly pointing a gun at an officer while naked on Christmas had a history of mental illness and may have been high on mushrooms, according to his mother.
A Tulsa police officer shot and killed 31-year-old Jacob Craig about 4:45 p.m. Monday in the 1100 block of South Wheeling Avenue.
The officer, whose name has not been released, was responding to a report of a disturbance with a weapon when authorities say Craig approached him while carrying a handgun and wearing no clothes. Police say the officer gave several commands for the man to put the gun down, but opened fire when Craig pointed the gun at him.
Craig was taken to an area hospital and died from his injuries....
