[cripplecreek]

Yeah he charged the cop. You can tell by the mother’s voice that she knew he was about to make a bad mistake and he did.

Mental illness is tragic but it isn’t a special magical armor.

[Vendome]

And she knew something wasn’t right with her son as she put distance between him by passing between the cops.

[Paladin2]

Momma tried....

[Talisker]

Mental illness is tragic but it isn’t a special magical armor.

It's not being used as a special magical armor.

That's why it's called an illness.

On the other hand, all cop badges have the number 007 on them these days, so what does it really matter what was actually going on?

A cop got scared, so he shot someone to death. End of subject. People who think anything else is necessary just don't love America.

[MaxMax]

He has a criminal history, Just search his history.

http://www.dallascounty.org/applications/english/record-search/rec-search_intro.php

[MaxMax]

ATT_HARASS_PUB_SERV

I wonder if this means he's assaulted officers before.

From the file "COMPETENCY_RESTORED, he's competent not a loony.
From last year. So the courts had him tested and he's competent for trial.

There goes the MSM agenda.

[JaguarXKE]

In Albuquerque, we have a group of cops who are specially trained to deal with (and de-escalate) situations involving mental illness. They are called the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT). I have a son with Schizoaffective Disorder and have been involved with NAMI for many years. I am also a trained teacher of Family-to-Family - a 12 week education course to help families understand and more effectively help their loved ones with mental illness. See: Family-to-Family

I've taught this class 15 times in the last 10 years and often have the CIT members come to our class and talk about their training and how they attempt to deescalate a situation with as little force as possible. When I teach Family-to-Family I always stress to families that, if they need to call police if their ill relative becomes violent or threatening, they should always insist on a "CIT trained" officer or officers to respond. If every officer in the US had CIT training there would be a lot less deaths of mentally ill people. No one can be expected to do a psychiatric evaluation on the spot, but CIT officers are trained to more effectively communicate with someone experiencing psychosis and can often deescalate a dangerous situation without the need for deadly force.