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#WalterWallace was shot by police in front of his mother. Cathy Wallace told them about her son’s existing mental illness and begged them not to kill him. This has to stop. We need a health response to a mental health emergency, not law enforcement.
People living with mental illness, especially people of color, are overrepresented in deadly encounters with law enforcement. When are we going to change this? #WalterWallace
Research shows that almost
one in four police shootings involve someone with mental illness.
one in four police shootings involve someone with mental illness.
