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What I'm intending to say, quite badly as it appears, is that even if someone in crisis appears to be "violent" -- or if a person threatening suicide can be int
by LeonB 5y ago
What I'm intending to say, quite badly as it appears, is that even if someone in crisis appears to be "violent" -- or if a person threatening suicide can be interpreted as threatening "violence" -- that is no reason to withdraw them from eligibility for a caring response.
- rhizome 5y agoDaniel Shaver was interpreted as threatening violence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/12/08/graphic-video-shows-daniel-shaver-sobbing-and-begging-officer-for-his-life-before-2016-shooting/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/12/0...
- LeonB 5y agoYes - a person who has been drinking and who is being shouted at by officers, reaches down, probably to pull up their pants, and it is interpreted as a life threatening act to those officers. (And a jury goes on to uphold the reasonableness of this interpretation!)