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There is no scenario where this doesn't end in people dying.
In a TikTok video with over 3 million views, a woman in a fluffy, maximalist coat sits in the back seat of a luxury SUV, parked in the middle of a New
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Wow, if I read the previous presser first (my reader is sorted by newest) I would have learned that it was a wellness check/mental health check. Now he's dead.
Also, it wasn't first responders, it was EHS, the paramedics, that they called. While paramedics are ALSO first responders, they also have much more training than that.
Police should not be leading mental health services, they should be supporting social workers, or others trained to work WITH people, not subdue them.
I really hate reading press releases from policing organizations. They waste a lot of words and say nothing.
The Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) is investigating a matter involving the death of a male that occurred during an interaction with members of Halifax Regional Police (HRP).
(www.halifax.ca)
Why were you at the dwelling? Was it a 911 call, or wellness check?
In distress? what the fuck does that mean?
How do you go from "in distress" to "struggle"? That's a leap.
Also how the fuck aren't all police officers also trained as first responders? That's a pretty low bar wrt training.
We need more local media, and we need them doing more like this - https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/dismantling-democracy/the-halifax-examiner-is-responding-to-tim-houstons-bid-to-dismantle-democracy/
Not only is our democracy being attacked from the South, its being attacked from within, and most Canadians have NO IDEA because their newspapers, TV and radio stations have been bought and/or captured by interests that are foreign or actively promote anti-democratic rhetoric