Thirty-year-old Charleena Lyles was shot and killed by police in her Seattle apartment on June 18. The Seattle Times said she had called police to report a possible burglary. “Why couldn’t they have Tased her?” Lyles’ sister, Monika Williams, told the Seattle Times. (Bettina Hansen/The Seattle Times via AP)Family members told the Seattle Times that they believe Lyles race — she is black — was a factor in her death. Williams told the Seattle Times that one condition was that she receive mental health counseling, though the newspaper could not independently verify that information Sunday.

Source: Washington Post June 19, 2017 09:11 UTC