On September 27, 2002, Ki Yang ignored orders to drop a BB gun that resembled a rifle and a sickle-like blade 20 inches long. “Instead, he charged at [officer Michael] Tharalson, who fired six shots as Yang kept advancing.” Now, Yang’s family is suing the city and the police in federal court, arguing that Yang should have been treated differently because the officers knew he was mentally ill. (Her?n M?rquez Estrada, “St. Paul police, city sued in case of mentally ill man shot dead by cops”, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Sep. 26).

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