More and more mentally ill people become the victims of police brutality. This time it was a woman, who was five months pregnant and suffered from depression before she had an interaction with the police on Friday. Her name was
Renee Davis,23-year-old mother of 3.
Police records show that officers responding to a call about a potential suicide encountered a woman with a handgun and two small children in the house when they arrived at 6:30 in the evening.
It’s still unknown what happened next, but this story is oddly similar to the case of Korryn Gaines.
Seattle lawyer Ryan Dreveskracht told the Times that unfortunately, these scenarios are all too common when police interact with people struggling with mental illness.
This is not how mentally ill people should be treated. Her kids now would have to embrace the fact they don’t have their mother anymore…
More and more mentally ill people become the victims of police brutality. This time it was a woman, who was five months pregnant and suffered from depression before she had an interaction with the police on Friday. Her name was
Renee Davis,23-year-old mother of 3.
Police records show that officers responding to a call about a potential suicide encountered a woman with a handgun and two small children in the house when they arrived at 6:30 in the evening.
It’s still unknown what happened next, but this story is oddly similar to the case of Korryn Gaines.
Seattle lawyer Ryan Dreveskracht told the Times that unfortunately, these scenarios are all too common when police interact with people struggling with mental illness.
This is not how mentally ill people should be treated. Her kids now would have to embrace the fact they don’t have their mother anymore…
Another suggested, “we can hit him with creating a public disturbance.”
“Gotta cover our ass,” remarked a third.
This should 100% be felony charges with guaranteed jailtime if proven true.
Exactly, this kind of abuse of power is extremely dangerous because it erodes the rule of law. There is very little legitimacy left in the American justice system and people can’t be expected to respect authority when it behaves like this. It’s really hard to see how the US will be able to pull out of the tailspin it’s in.
Here’s a petition calling on DOJ to investigate harassment and detaining of people who film police: LINK
Another suggested, “we can hit him with creating a public disturbance.”
“Gotta cover our ass,” remarked a third.
This should 100% be felony charges with guaranteed jailtime if proven true.
Exactly, this kind of abuse of power is extremely dangerous because it erodes the rule of law. There is very little legitimacy left in the American justice system and people can’t be expected to respect authority when it behaves like this. It’s really hard to see how the US will be able to pull out of the tailspin it’s in.
Here’s a petition calling on DOJ to investigate harassment and detaining of people who film police: LINK
