The shooting death of an unarmed, black, naked man by a white police officer in an Atlanta suburb prompted a social media outcry on Tuesday over what many people deemed to be unnecessary force against someone who may have been in mental distress.
The death of Anthony Hill, 27, at an apartment complex in DeKalb County on Monday afternoon is the latest in a string of killings of unarmed black men by police in the United States.
DeKalb County police Chief Cedric Alexander told reporters it appeared Hill was grappling with some type of mental health issue when police received a call about a man "acting deranged, knocking on doors, and crawling around on the ground naked."