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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The most important part of becoming a cop is apparently lacking empathy.

Goes with the vacillating states of intoxicating power and jibbering fear of the enemy public. It's not a tenable state of mind for a well person.

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