Last Saturday, Roketi Su’e, 46 was shot and killed by Long Beach police for apparently acting erratically. It was discovered later that Su’e was not only terminally ill and dying of lung cancer, but that he was mentally disabled and suffered from bi-polar disease. The family is not suing the Long Beach Police Department because they believe that the police used excessive force and that Su’e was of no threat to them. The police are saying that they thought he was under the influence or drugs and/or alcohol and felt threatened by Su’e.
The story goes that Su’e, was killed Saturday in the 3400 block of 67th Way on his was home from a birthday party. Two officers responded to the area at 7 p.m. on reports of a man behaving erratically. They attempted to arrest Su’e but apparently he resisted. So they used a Taser on him and struck him with batons, because of his mental illness he appeared unfazed, causing officers to think he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Then the police said Su’e tried to take one of the batons away from the officers so they shot him multiple times in the upper torso. Family members said Su’e, who had a bipolar disorder and was dying of lung cancer, was unarmed and upset because he had had a fight with his girlfriend.
Family members of Su’e and his girlfriend are saying that he was unarmed and upset because he had had a fight with his girlfriend.
“What happened was an assassination,” his girlfriend, Kathryn Noleb said. “It wasn’t help. It wasn’t help for him. It wasn’t help for the community. It’s not help.”
Billy Moses, who said he witnessed the shooting, said officers shot the man six times.
“If you’re going to shoot someone six times, wouldn’t one bullet in the back be enough?” he said.
So who was right? Were the police over-reacting to the situation or just responding in the way they are supposed to?
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