NYPD Official: Don’t Blame Cops For People ‘Walking Into Police Bullets’
If you’re wondering if the New York Police Department could somehow manage to take even less responsibility for their actions than they’ve already done, meet Zach Tumin. The NYPD Deputy Commissioner (ironically in charge of repairing the NYPD’s tattered social media presence) took to twitter to express his thoughts on the real reason people were getting shot by cops in America: It’s crazy people “off their meds” and “walking into police bullets.”
Walking. Into. Police. Bullets.
Somehow, through mental gymnastics worthy of an Olympic medal, Tumin took a story run by news website Fusion that highlighted the epidemic of mentally ill people being shot and killed by officers and twisted it to imply that the officers doing the killing are therefore absolved of responsibility.
Even a cursory read of the article makes it clear that this is not at all the conclusion to be drawn. In fact, just the opposite. Fusion writer Daniel Rivero explains how police departments around the country are undertraining their officers on how to deal with the mentally ill – and the results far too often end in tragedy. However, citing a recent initiative in Miami-Dade County, Florida, that gives in-depth training to officers while at the same time working to get known mentally ill suspects into public health centers rather than prisons, Rivero noted that police departments can reverse the trend. They just have to be willing to do it.
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My house. Not only do I have severe PTSD with tendencies of aggression towards others, I also have severe anxiety, a panic disorder & neurological issues that cause me to appear impaired at times. Top it off I'm Latina & live in SC.
I would hate for a bullet to jump out at me
