Ladies and gentlemen… your tax dollars at work! Tired of those annoying, handicapped, mentally-ill people screaming down the street? No worries… NOW THE COPS WILL SHOOT THEM FOR YOU.
As I just finished relaying to my friend who shared this video with me, what the f? This is exactly what pisses me off about cops. This video demonstrates that they no longer exist for the protection of the law, but they exist for the sake of the law. By that, I mean they aren’t functioning for the betterment, safety, and well-being of society; they are acting out of a need to keep things normalized. The response to this man wielding a knife while in his wheelchair did not fit the crime.
It’s even better that this happened outside of a MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY! Cops need to have better training SPECIFICALLY in working with people with mental health issues. Did this guy actually pose a threat to these officers? Maybe, but probably not. Did the cops recognize this man was less of a threat to others than to himself? No. But if they had, they would have seen that shooting this man was exacerbating the problem, not resolving it.
I hate to make mass generalizations, but this is what I’ve been seeing for years now. Cops need to be more confident in their ability to talk down potentially violent members WITHOUT having to use needless brute force which will just further agitate the person. Do they go through non-violent crisis intervention training to understand how to effectively address these NON-THREATENING situations? Because to me, this just looks like the man who fired his gun was acting out of an adrenaline surge. Watch the video… do you disagree?
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