People with mental illness are at high risk of arrest and incarceration. When left untreated (such as in a country with no national healthcare system and completely inadequate mental health services in the community), they can decompensate and become capable of injuring those around them.

The moral of the story, and people are beginning to understand this, if you encounter someone having a mental health emergency, calling 911 may be a death sentence. We need emergency mental health crisis intervention and we should fund it through the police budget.


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"Hey, where's Cricket?" - Kristi Noem's daughter.

good excuse, but if it was against a member of your family; wouldnt you be screamin your commie ass out loud about what a tragedy that was or would you be lamenting about a felon who acts out

You mean if I tried to call for help because my family member was having a mental health crisis and the police came and shot him down?

My commie ass would probably do things I shouldn't post on a public forum.

'They didn't give a damn': Mother of slain Walter Wallace says police knew her son was in a mental crisis

"The mother of the 27-year-old Philadelphia man who was gunned down by officers Monday in front of his family's home said police knew he was having a mental crisis because she told them and begged them not to shoot him.

The killing of Walter Wallace Jr. has sparked protests as well as rioting and looting in Philadelphia and beyond, and mirrors what experts say is an ongoing problem nationwide of law enforcement officers using deadly force on mentally ill people."

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"Hey, where's Cricket?" - Kristi Noem's daughter.

Edited: 10/30/2020 at 01:16 PM by RustyTruck