Man in South Carolina is suing police after they shot at him 47 times during a mental health crisis

[tblue37]

A man in South Carolina is suing police after they shot at him 47 times during a mental health crisis. York County sheriff's deputies were responding to a wellness check for Trevor Mullinax, 29, and immediately used deadly force without trying to deescalate.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/south-carolina-man-sues-after-being-shot-9-times-during-police-welfare-check/ar-AA1bb3bS

[The Jungle 1]

1. We are so screwed

[brer cat]

2. Is it asking too much for our LEOs to have some training handling mental health

issues?

[Hekate]

4. No, it's not too much. HOWEVER, Mental Health Crisis Response Units should be separate from LEOs

Mental Health Crisis Response Units should be created to be a different category of first responder, as distinct as Fire Department is from Police.

If the cops show up to a building conflagration, they don’t start shooting at the flames do they? No, they call the Fire Dept.

All categories of first responder should have it drilled into their heads about when and why to call on the others. Where there are no MHCRU, take money feom the bloated Police Dept budgets to create them, and make sure they are separate.

First, do no harm.

[LuckyCharms]

6. +1

[DJ Porkchop]

19. Put it to a vote.

I demand accountability.
Until then, sue the department, the union, and the officers individually. Break the pension piggy bank.

[ShazzieB]

20. 10000% agree!

[LuckyCharms]

5. And then what happens when you

"contact a mental health hospital"?

[Brother Buzz]

7. Why not develop first response skills?

Kinda like that what 'Defund the police' thingy was all about

In the United States, "defund the police" is a slogan that supports removing funds from police departments and reallocating them to non-policing forms of public safety and community support, such as social services, youth services, housing, education, healthcare and other community resources.

[LuckyCharms]

10. Add more police? Or add specially trained unarmed mental health crisis responders?

[Brother Buzz]

12. Them butterfly nets that one was talking about make nifty weapons against.....

a jacked up person.

amiright?

[Hekate]

9. Your use of a misogynistic slur takes away from the point you are trying to make

Regarding your point: mental hospitals do not have the personnel or power to go out into a community like that. The only agency we seem to empower to capture and transport a person in crisis are armed police. They need training in how to respond if that’s the only mechanism available. Then if the patient and their loved ones are lucky, the person in crisis may get a big ol’ 72 hour hold.

See my post #4 for alternatives

[WhiskeyGrinder]

11. Fuck the police.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

14. .

I read your adolescent nonsense all the time.

[sarisataka]

15. That One didn't last long nt

[WhiskeyGrinder]

16. Lol I didn't even alert on them. Hilarious.

[sarisataka]

17. I was typing a reply

And he was gone before I could post it

[RussBLib]

18. You're welcome! Nt

[Kaleva]

21. Man was a wanted criminal who may have planned a suicide by cop

"Tolson said that Mullinax had active arrest warrants through the York Police Department for a violent felony and malicious injury to personal property. Sheriff’s deputies’ claim that Mullinax pulled and pointed a weapon at them when they arrived following a request for a wellness check for Mullinax. He said all four deputies fired their weapons at Mullinax"


"Tolson also said the SLED investigation shows upon arriving at the hospital after being by deputies, Mullinax told medical personnel that he wanted to kill himself but then “decided to have the police do it.”

Tolson denounced criticism against police officers for their handling of situations “that should not be the responsibility of law enforcement” and said more mental health resources are needed."

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/10/us/south-carolina-york-county-sheriff-deputies-welfare-check/index.html