Family of man killed by sheriff's deputy say he was in mental health crisis

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'I begged them not to do that to him.' A man's family is speaking out after he was shot and killed by a law enforcement officer in Columbia, South Carolina.

The deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor have created a movement demanding police reform, but what does that mean?A man's family is speaking out after he was shot and killed by a law enforcement officer in Columbia, South Carolina.

"I tried to tell them that I've been dealing with him for a long time, and I probably could have gotten him to stop," Craig said."They said 'Get back.' I begged them. I begged them not to do that to him. I couldn't do any more, and I dropped to the ground, but my son didn't deserve this. He did not deserve this."Body camera footage from Richland County Sherrif's Deputy John Anderson shows Irvin D.

"It did not stick in the skin, and so it did not stop him as you would expect,” Rutherford told reporters at a press conference Sunday.

 

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