Cops& the mentally ill

[undergroundpanther]

I posted this in GD
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021404881


What bugs me beyond the obvious that the cop that shot the amputee is an asshole, is more and more the mentally ill are being shot by asshole cops,tazered or treated like shit.We all know mentally ill people are not prone to violence more than non- mentally people.Yet cops go trigger happy on us.Why? I chalk it up to more than just ignorance about mental illness.
There are too many cops getting off on the power,and since everyone thinks mentally ill people are crazy,we become a scapegoat because as a population of our vulnerability.And this is scary. Cops were nasty to me when they escorted me to the hospital a few years ago.

And at the DMV they ask questions..
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/undergroundpanther/144


The video is graphic Don't click it if you don't want to see it,however the article below the video explains the issue.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/16/us/michigan-police-shooting/index.html

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019149663_dojportland14.html

http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/281831/five-police-shootings-four-mentally-ill-victims?SESSf006427a1a88d58830b044f90c02f955=google&page=full