More disturbing:
“The police pursued, shooting White twice in the back and then twice in the chest as he lay on the ground,” Rutherford said.
Read more at https://mobile.wnd.com/2019/03/police-allowed-to-deny-suspects-emergency-medical-help/#ZC2wWLBOPC8sb14S.99 ”
(Bold is mine)
More than one LEO….he’s on the ground….. Did he still have the knife? If he tried to get up again, mebbe. Hard to say if we weren’t there ….but that part does bother me.
{sigh} Mental illness is such a deep and difficult subject. I’ve worked professionally with children/teens and with adults for many years. It can be scary…and a small percentage of the time, M.I. can cause a person to be truly dangerous. 🙁 (Add street drugs and the percentage goes up a bit.) But most of the fear is cuz the behavior can be so very strange and incomprehensible. And nothing more than that. OTOH….there is that small percentage, so it pays to be cautious especially if a particular person’s behaviors are unknown to you.
Many folks are fortunate to have meds work for them. Some slip off their meds for whatever reason….but returning to meds sets them straight again. Others try and try meds and nothing seems to balance them. 🙁 Even if they are med-compliant. Sad.
But on the topic of NOT RENDERING AID when you have the training….. {shaking my head in dismay} I really hope some day we have a reliable Mental Health Assessment for personality types that are SUITABLE for being LEO’s. We have many wonderful law enforcement officers who are going crazy trying to do the best job possible in a harsh and dangerous environment. The ‘mean’ cops…’dirty’ cops…..’cowardly, over-compensating, power cops’… are giving the rest a baaad name. So the good ones have to battle that too. Sad.
OldMtWoman