Social justice warriors are attacking their own after an armed black woman was shot and killed by police in Seattle.
Charleena Lyles, 30, called police to report an attempted burglary on Sunday, but after police arrived to the scene Lyles brandished a knife at the officers,” the Seattle Times reported.
The two officers, who have not been named, fired at Lyles, killing her.
According to Lyles family, she was several months pregnant, had mental health issues and believed the police were going to take her children from her.
“Why couldn’t they have Tased her? They could have taken her down. I could have taken her down,” Lyle’s sister, Monika Williams, told the Times.
Not surprisingly the family believes race played a role in the shooting.
“Officers were confronted by a 30-year-old woman armed with a knife,” the Seattle police wrote its web blotter. “Both officers fired their duty weapons, striking the woman.
“There were several children inside the apartment at the time of the shooting, but they were not injured,” it said. “They are being cared for by other family members at this time.”
And while the angry activists on social media were making their usual anti-police posts, some took aim at a surprising target.
The Seattle Times, one of the most liberal newspapers in America, took fire over its headline, that accurately read “Armed woman fatally shot after calling police had mental-health issues, family says.”
But apparently the SJWs wanted the newspaper to convict the officers in the headline.
This headline is disgusting!!! #CharleenaLyles pic.twitter.com/lAQmpRi7m7
— Carlton Banksy (@rtyson82) June 19, 2017
This victim-blaming, racist headline. You should be ashamed, @lthompsontimes. Fix it, @seattletimes. #CharleenaLyles https://t.co/bjRofvDi9b pic.twitter.com/3EbrbrgJrG
— Kenny Coble (@KennyCoble) June 19, 2017
The headline of this @seattletimes story is the most victim-blaming B.S. I’ve seen in…two days (horrifying in itself) #CharleenaLyles https://t.co/Kf2cUazMH8
— devon maloney (@dynamofire) June 19, 2017
That #CharleenaLyles is BLACK is not in the lede of this story but her allegedly having a knife made the headlinehttps://t.co/eljtQjnBuw
— Zena Worku (@zena_worku) June 19, 2017
@seattletimes Let me help you with your headline. WOMAN IS KILLED BY THE POLICE SHE CALLED TO HELP HER. #CharleenaLyles #SeattleTimes pic.twitter.com/vKIDhTrhM2
— Dr. Lisa Whittington (@LiLiWhittWhitt) June 19, 2017
Do better, @seattletimes. Much, much better. This headline belongs in the journalism hall of shame. #BlackLivesMatter #CharleenaLyles https://t.co/QEQRDuYwHt
— Angie Nwanodi (@AngieNwanodi) June 19, 2017
Apparently the Times changed the headline but people were still angry.
The @seattletimes changed the headline and it’s still as racist and victim-blaming as it was before. If #CharleenaLyles had been white— pic.twitter.com/U9qutbFv3r
— Kenny Coble (@KennyCoble) June 19, 2017
Rewrite the headline @seattletimes. Should be “SPD murder #CharleenaLyles in front her kids” https://t.co/4wZFPh4XlD #BlackLivesMatter
— Kirsten Rogers (@Kirstenleah) June 19, 2017
The Seattle Times is and always has been disgusting white racist propaganda
— Allison ✌? (@extra_millenial) June 19, 2017
This headline and framing is exactly why white people do not value black lives. #CharleenaLyles https://t.co/omKITMw99u
— Dacia Mitchell (@daciatakesnote) June 19, 2017
You should be ashamed of this headline, @seattletimes. #charleenalyles pic.twitter.com/6jSniplevh
— Joe Romano (@romano47) June 19, 2017
If she were white, every headline would read PREGNANT WOMAN MURDERED BY COPS. #charleenalyles #sayhername #seattle
— Joseph (@josephastor) June 19, 2017
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