Parents call the Department of Mental Health hotline, after about 2 minutes of conversation the crisis worker calls the police. 9 officers enter and shoot and kill the man in a crisis. And then...
Parents call the Department of Mental Health hotline, after about 2 minutes of conversation the crisis worker calls the police. 9 officers enter and shoot and kill the man in a crisis.
And then they delayed notifying the parents. (Which I saw a claim that this is a deliberate tactic to get more information on the victim that can impact lawsuits). The parents are also claiming LAPD destroyed physical evidence.
It's not an unknown problem, John Oliver has multiple pieces on police being trained for combat rather than mental health crises and de-escalation. Not to mention scandals like the police feeding...
It's not an unknown problem, John Oliver has multiple pieces on police being trained for combat rather than mental health crises and de-escalation. Not to mention scandals like the police feeding lies to a mentally ill person to make him confess to crimes (https://youtu.be/d-7o9xYp7eE)
Unfortunately there seems to be little political will to effect change.
Yeah I'm aware it's an on-going issue, especially with the LAPD. This small creator is being threatened for selling "Fuck the LAPD" merch Their lawyer's first response was "LOL, No" while this...
Yeah I'm aware it's an on-going issue, especially with the LAPD.
Their lawyer's first response was "LOL, No" while this second one went to a different person in the LAPDF's counsel's firm. My favorite bit was this:
The LAPD is not expected to like the existence of "Fuck the LAPD" merchandise. But their sole remedy is to not do things that result in people wanting to buy and wear "Fuck the LAPD" merchandise. I understand that would be a difficult task. But I promise you that it would still be easier than trying to get a court to rule that "Fuck the LAPD" shirts violate the LAPDF's intellectual property rights.”
Parents call the Department of Mental Health hotline, after about 2 minutes of conversation the crisis worker calls the police. 9 officers enter and shoot and kill the man in a crisis.
And then they delayed notifying the parents. (Which I saw a claim that this is a deliberate tactic to get more information on the victim that can impact lawsuits). The parents are also claiming LAPD destroyed physical evidence.
(Not placed in Heath.Mental on purpose)
It's not an unknown problem, John Oliver has multiple pieces on police being trained for combat rather than mental health crises and de-escalation. Not to mention scandals like the police feeding lies to a mentally ill person to make him confess to crimes (https://youtu.be/d-7o9xYp7eE)
Unfortunately there seems to be little political will to effect change.
Yeah I'm aware it's an on-going issue, especially with the LAPD.
This small creator is being threatened for selling "Fuck the LAPD" merch
Their lawyer's first response was "LOL, No" while this second one went to a different person in the LAPDF's counsel's firm. My favorite bit was this: