Denver Police have confirmed that Miguel Tapia, a 52-year-old transgender individual, was shot and killed by officers after charging at them with a knife. The incident occurred on June 16 at the intersection of Broadway and Lawrence Street. Police responded to calls of a disturbance and found Tapia in the middle of the street yelling. Bodycam footage shows Tapia refusing to comply with police commands and being unfazed by tasers. Tapia, reportedly a mentally ill individual, was in the country illegally. Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas addressed the situation, and the media has referred to Tapia as a woman. The incident has sparked calls for a national conversation about trans violence.
A transgender t*rrorist in Denver approached police while brandishing a knife, refused commands to drop it, and was unfazed by tasers. They did what they had to do to take him down. https://t.co/TR1ymZhOvU
BREAKING: Another angle of police bodycam footage just released of the trans t*rr*rist charging at a cop with a large knife in Denver. Police responded to a disturbance call of an individual standing in the street yelling. The trans t*rr*rist refused to follow police… https://t.co/quGtlPEZdI
Bodycam footage of trans person who ran at an officer with a knife in Denver https://t.co/pdExFeqW2l
NEW: Denver police release bodycam footage of them firing at a transgender person who charged at them with a knife. 52-year-old transgender Miguel Tapia died at the intersection of Broadway and Lawrence Street in Denver on June 16. Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas had to explain… https://t.co/1SF7et4uOK
BREAKING: Denver Police just released bodycam footage of the trans t*rr*rist who charged at an officer with a knife while they were responding to a disturbance. We need to have a national conversation ablut the epidemic of trans violence. https://t.co/IDX8Oj3xmI
Moment before the trans t*rr*rist, Miguel Tapia, charged at Denver Police with a knife before being shot by officers. Police received calls of a disturbance and found him in middle of the street yelling. The media are still all referring to him as a woman. https://t.co/zmTMOjyRkq
Moment before the trans t*rr*rist, Miguel Tapia, charged at Denver Police with a knife before being shot by officers. Police received calls of a disturbance and found him in middle of the street yelling. Watch them use his d*ath as another statistic in “anti-LGBTQ hate crimes”… https://t.co/YRJKQ6hpYN
BREAKING: The trans t*rr*rist who charged at officers with a knife before being shot in Denver was not only a mentally ill man pretending to be a woman, but may also be in our country illegally. https://t.co/V9eIYToVtY
BREAKING: MORE TRANS VIOLENCE Denver Police just confirmed that the individual who charged at officers with a knife was a man pretending to be a woman. The department also admitted that there’s a possibility that the individual, named Miguel Tapia, is in our country illegally.… https://t.co/wZDzmCsDrj