mental illness and police
op-ed Protests In Rochester NY Over The Police Killing Of Daniel Prude
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How To Stop Police Killing Mentally Ill People

Police frequently encounter people with psychiatric disabilities when someone calls 911 about a person acting unusually in public. If police…
by Jennifer Sarrett
09.06.20
Damian Daniels, US veteran killed by police in San Antonio
Texas Cops Kill Combat Veteran Suffering From PTSD

Damian Daniels was a military veteran who was shot twice in the chest in front of his newly purchased home…
by Bruce C.T. Wright
09.02.20
NYPD
NYPD Kills 66-Year-Old Bat-Wielding Black Woman

A New York cop shot and killed a 66-year-old Black woman wielding a bat in the Bronx on Tuesday evening.…
by Angela Bronner Helm
10.19.16
Police officer in bulletproof vest outdoors, back view
9 Georgia Deputies Fired After 21-Year-Old Mentally Ill…

Nine Chatham County sheriff’s deputies have been fired in the wake of the death of a 21-year-old mentally ill man…
by Lynette Holloway
05.11.15
Police Car With Emergency Lights On
Dallas Cops Will Not Face Charges In Shooting…

A Dallas grand jury last week cleared two officers in the death of a 39-year-old schizophrenic man whose mother had…
by Lynette Holloway
04.27.15
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