But therapists and psychologists won’t come to your house in a mental health emergency with someone acting out violently for free, so people end up calling the cops out of desperation. One of many reasons we need a robust public healthcare system.
We also need people trained to de-escalate these crises on the public payroll, available for emergencies 24/7. And boy did the “defund the police” slogan not help with that.
Police are not therapists and psychologists.
police, however, are the rapists and psycho.
And murderers.
But therapists and psychologists won’t come to your house in a mental health emergency with someone acting out violently for free, so people end up calling the cops out of desperation. One of many reasons we need a robust public healthcare system.
We also need people trained to de-escalate these crises on the public payroll, available for emergencies 24/7. And boy did the “defund the police” slogan not help with that.
You don’t need to be a therapist or psychologist to not shoot someone having a mental health crisis