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GTSBurner t1_jcs6ag3 wrote

Reply to comment by weaver787 in ‘Our system failed Najee’: Advocates renew calls for mental health support in wake of N.J. police killing by MrBravado

Nobody else was in danger. He was in his apartment, he locked himself in a bathroom, he was hallucinating. This entire episode was escalated by police.

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weaver787 t1_jcs7ikj wrote

Najee called the police himself and told them he wanted to have a shootout with them when they arrived.

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GTSBurner t1_jcs8yna wrote

I'm aware. Again, hallucinating. Maybe, just maybe, I'm kind of spitballing here - what if you had someone who is trained in mental health crises advising the cops on what do do and react in these situations? Instead of just "shoot center mass". I wonder what kind of outcomes we'd have.

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