Police Violence and the Mentally Ill and Disabled
Incidents of police violence against African -American civilians in Chicago have been in the news too much . Less reported are the killing by police of people who are mentally ill or in crisis. This happens too much also. We need to educate the police on how to deal with mentally ill citizens or citizens with special needs. They must talk them down-- don't shoot them down! Our police are not trained to handle people this way. Mayor Emmanuel has his hands full with police reform, but he must make sure there is special police training to protect special needs people.