In The Opinion Pages of the New York Times, Matthew Epperson discusses the devastating results of police acting as the primary responders to mental health crises. “If we are to prevent future tragedies, then we should be ready to invest in a more responsive mental-health system and relieve the police of the burden of being the primary, and often sole, responders.”
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Seventy seconds: That’s how long a North Carolina family says it took for things to go horribly wrong as they sought police help dealing with their mentally ill son.
Keith Vidal, 18, died Sunday. According to CNN affiliate WECT, he was just shot 1 minute and 10 seconds after a third law enforcement officer showed up at his Brunswick County home.
Two years later, family remembers teen killed by police officer
Posted: Jan 06, 2016 3:27 PM PST
Updated: Jan 10, 2016 3:27 PM PSThttp://www.wect.com/story/30903171/two-years-later-family-remembers-teen-killed-by-police-officer
