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Moreno\/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe killing of\u00a0\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/walter-wallace-jr-struggled-with-mental-health-issues-family-says\/2575493\/\u0022\u003EWalter Wallace Jr., a 27-year-old man with a mental health condition\u003C\/a\u003E, in Philadelphia this week is now part of a long list of cases of police violence against people with disabilities in the\u00a0\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/united-states\u0022\u003EUnited States\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOn Monday afternoon, Wallace, a husband and father whose wife is expecting a baby this week, experienced serious emotional distress.\u00a0\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/family-of-walter-wallace-called-for-ambulance-not-police-lawyer-says\/2575903\/\u0022\u003EHis family called for an ambulance to help.\u003C\/a\u003E\u00a0Police arrived first. Video footage shows two police officers with guns trained on Wallace, as he wanders around the street holding a knife. His mother tries to subdue him. After Wallace refused their commands to drop the knife, police shot him multiple times, killing him. His mother, friends, and neighbors watched. There was no apparent attempt by the officers to de-escalate the situation or use non-lethal means to manage it.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EIn an interview with KYW\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/cherrigregg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E@cherrigregg\u003C\/a\u003E, Walter Wallace Jr.\u0027s family called for more training and better police response to mental health calls. Two days after officers fatally shot Wallace, a look at the new training Commissioner Outlaw wants for cops: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/4jTzdoM06I\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/4jTzdoM06I\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/pGOr7arzyp\u0022\u003Epic.twitter.com\/pGOr7arzyp\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 NBC10 Philadelphia (@NBCPhiladelphia) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCPhiladelphia\/status\/1321599284601643009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EOctober 28, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\u0022\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to one study, approximately one-third to half of all people involved in use-of-force incidents by police\u00a0\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rudermanfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/MediaStudy-PoliceDisability_final-final.pdf\u0022\u003Ehave a disability\u003C\/a\u003E, including mental health conditions. Black people generally are\u00a0\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mappingpoliceviolence.org\/\u0022\u003Ethree times more likely\u003C\/a\u003E\u00a0to be killed by police than white people. Police killings of Black men in emotional crisis in recent years include:\u00a0\u003Ca id=\u0022_Hlk54767468\u0022 name=\u0022_Hlk54767468\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/2018\/9\/27\/18444151\/van-dyke-trial-day-15-officers-taught-to-shoot-until-the-threat-is-eliminated\u0022\u003ELaQuan McDonald, in Chicago\u003C\/a\u003E, Illinois, October 2014;\u00a0\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/usa\/how-ugandan-refugee-became-american-police-shooting-statistic\u0022\u003EAlfred Olango\u003C\/a\u003E, in San Diego, California, September 2016;\u00a0\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/report\/2019\/09\/12\/get-ground-policing-poverty-and-racial-inequality-tulsa-oklahoma\/case-study-us\u0022\u003EJoshua Barre, in Tulsa, June 2017\u003C\/a\u003E; \u00a0\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-nation\/wp\/2018\/05\/27\/marcus-needed-help-not-death-body-cam-video-shows-police-officer-fatally-shooting-naked-man\/\u0022\u003EMarcus-David Peters in Richmond\u003C\/a\u003E, Virginia, May 2018; and\u00a0\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/09\/nyregion\/daniel-prude-rochester-police-mental-health.html\u0022\u003EDaniel Prude\u003C\/a\u003E, in Rochester, New York, earlier this month. This list is far from exhaustive.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EPeople with intellectual or developmental disabilities are also at risk. In September, Salt Lake City police responded to a request for help from the mother of a\u00a0\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/09\/09\/910975499\/autistic-13-year-old-boy-shot-by-salt-lake-city-police\u0022\u003E13-year-old boy\u003C\/a\u003E\u00a0with autism who was in emotional distress. Police shot the unarmed boy, who reportedly feared police, in the back multiple times as he ran from them.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EState and local governments should end the use of police to respond to incidents involving people experiencing\u00a0\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7348421\/\u0022\u003Emental health crises\u003C\/a\u003E\u00a0and instead implement non-coercive, supportive interventions. This can include response teams designed to connect, build rapport, and de-escalate stressful situations. Investment in communities, including accessible, affordable mental health services and support to address social issues that exacerbate stress and anxiety, are also essential. The evidence is clear: police use of force is not a rights-respecting or effective response to mental health crises. \u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null}]