This is a story from last week that I never got around to posting and now this morning don’t have time to do it justice. Regular readers know that Amarillo has had its share of problems with refugees, go here, for all of that news. We don’t know whether the meat-cleaver man who attacked an apartment door with the meat cleaver, broke a window and cut phone lines of complete strangers is a refugee, but his resettlement agency would know for sure. I’m guessing he is Burmese.
From Connect Amarillo (hat tip: ‘Pungentpeppers’):
AMARILLO, TEXAS — The man accused of aggravated assault on a police officer early Sunday morning has been arrested.
Amarillo police said he also tried to break into an apartment before resisting arrest. He was armed with a meat cleaver, police said.
Forty-one-year-old Naisikenyan Pha is now facing charges of Attempted Burglary of a Habitation, Aggravated Assault on a Public Servant and Resisting Arrest.
It was at about 2 a.m., Sunday when officers were called to the 800-block of North Evergreen Street on the report of a burglary in process.
The resident told police that a man who had a knife was trying to get inside the apartment. Three children were inside the apartment.
The first responding officer saw a man crouched in the yard, repeatedly and aggressively striking the ground with a meat cleaver, police said. The man was asked stop but police said the man did not comply.
After repeatedly being asked to stop, police said the man stood up and started walking toward the officer with a meat cleaver in his hand at chest level.
Two attempts to bring him down with a stun gun failed before several officers forced him to the ground. It is believed that “his behavior was consistent with heavy narcotics use.”
Poor Amarillo! No wonder it is becoming a ‘Pocket of Resistance’ to more refugee resettlement.