An incident in Garland last Thursday afternoon resulted in a yet-to-be-identified man’s death, following a physical altercation with police officers after reports of the man’s erratic behavior had triggered a response to the scene, as stated in a post by the Garland Police Department.
The dispatch came after multiple citizens called 9-1-1 to report an adult male—a nude man—acting out in a public setting outside a restaurant on the 1300 block of Marketplace Drive; subsequently, officers arriving at the site attempted to engage with him verbally however the man did not cooperate, it turned into a physical skirmish when the police tried to detain him, at which point, according to the police post, he “began fighting and speaking incoherently.” There were no immediate signs suggesting the reason behind the man’s actions or his state of undress…