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    1. Absurdistwords‏ @absurdistwords 28 Sep 2016

      Yet another unarmed black man shot to death by police. Police called re: "erratic behavior" (read: mental illness)http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/28/us/california-police-shooting/ …

      8 replies 199 retweets 125 likes
    2. Absurdistwords‏ @absurdistwords 28 Sep 2016
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      Absurdistwords Retweeted El Cajon Police

      Don't worry though. The police reassure us that he didn't have his hands up.https://twitter.com/elcajonpolice/status/780961171230760961 …

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      El Cajon Police @elcajonpolice
      The investigation just started, but based on the video voluntarily provided by a witness, the subject did NOT have his hands up in the air
      3 replies 74 retweets 80 likes
    3. Absurdistwords‏ @absurdistwords 28 Sep 2016
      Replying to @absurdistwords

      I presume the idea is that black folk won't protest if an unarmed person is shot with their hands down.

      2 replies 62 retweets 86 likes
    4. Absurdistwords‏ @absurdistwords 28 Sep 2016
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      Follows the standard script. Police get call on mentally ill Police see man walking around Police give orders Noncompliance means taser

      3 replies 62 retweets 73 likes
    5. Absurdistwords‏ @absurdistwords 28 Sep 2016
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      We have decided now as a society that the acceptable answer to nonviolent noncompliance is Tasering.

      5 replies 78 retweets 86 likes
    6. Absurdistwords‏ @absurdistwords 28 Sep 2016
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      Apparently when this man saw them preparing to taser them, he made some motion Police say looked like a gun stance.

      2 replies 58 retweets 55 likes
    7. Absurdistwords‏ @absurdistwords 28 Sep 2016
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      They didn't see a gun, or an object. They killed him based on how he appeared to be standing.

      2 replies 89 retweets 98 likes
    8. Absurdistwords‏ @absurdistwords 28 Sep 2016
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      To recap. Police were called to HELP a man "not behaving like himself" Their first response was giving orders The NEXT step was tasering

      2 replies 93 retweets 90 likes
    9. Absurdistwords‏ @absurdistwords 28 Sep 2016
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      It seems as if this man may have made some defensive motion when he saw they were about to escalate to violence.

      2 replies 57 retweets 53 likes
    10. Absurdistwords‏ @absurdistwords 28 Sep 2016
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      Why they were escalating to violence for a man who was not even SAID to be violent? I don't know. That's how they do.

      2 replies 70 retweets 75 likes
      Absurdistwords‏ @absurdistwords 28 Sep 2016

      This is why calling police on the mentally ill is an incredibly dangerous thing to do.

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        2. Absurdistwords‏ @absurdistwords 28 Sep 2016
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          Most people suffering dementia or psychosis are most likely to endanger themselves rather than others. Even if behaving "erratically"

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        3. Absurdistwords‏ @absurdistwords 28 Sep 2016
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          Police however are ill equipped to deal with people behaving oddly. The first response seems to be fear

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        1. AppliedNewtonian made a NYC list--see pinned tweet‏ @refunfunyadora 28 Sep 2016
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          When I call 911, I tell them the problem. Why dispatch cops not ambulance for a health crisis? Motivations of dispatchers?

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        1. AppliedNewtonian made a NYC list--see pinned tweet‏ @refunfunyadora 28 Sep 2016
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          What is system that filters PD for response instead of EMTs? Is it like redlining? Neighborhoods? How caller 'sounds'? Wtf?

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        1. Dr William Lopez‏ @lopez_wd 28 Sep 2016
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          yes. but especially mentally ill POC.

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