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.

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