Bodycam Videos Show Mom Begging ‘Please Don’t Shoot’ as Cops Shoot Son During Mental Health Crisis

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Bodycam Videos Show Mom Begging ‘Please Don’t Shoot’ as Cops Shoot Son During Mental Health Crisis
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Yeah, that's just one of many horrible facets to consider when considering mental illness. I am so sad for their family. Those high pressure situations like that can be so dangerous. I just hate all that for him and for them.

I mean, realistically, the police are trained in combat enough to disarm a mentally ill civilian with a pair of scissors without having to resort to murdering him.

May God have mercy on us all.

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