On Mental Crisis Calls, Police Sometimes Use Lethal Force [TexasTribune.org]

Samantha Sangenito 9/1/1612:00 PM

Police officers arrived at a North Austin apartment building on May 25, 2015, after Cassandra Bolin's boyfriend requested a welfare check. Armed with a handgun, the 31-year-old woman refused to come outside and threatened to shoot herself and officers if they would not leave her alone.

After a long standoff, Bolin confronted police, pointing her gun at herself and then at officers, who shot and killed her.

When police shoot a mentally ill person, calls inevitably follow for providing officers more training in how to de-escalate situations and deal with mental health issues.

[For more of this story, written by Johnathan Silver, go to https://apps.texastribune.org/...mp;mc_eid=9b6cbca62b]

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