Armed man shot dead by police in Inglewood had schizophrenia, family says
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Police in Inglewood shot dead a man who they say was wielding a stick with a knife on one end. His family says the man had schizophrenia.

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He had a knife… on a stick.

I’ll need to see the video on this one, officers, but for now, mark me as damned skeptical that this killing was self-defense.

  • Chetzemoka@startrek.websiteEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Haha, no worries. I realized it wasn’t clear that I wasn’t just speculating lol. Like I get that someone with a bladed weapon is a threat, but if they’re isolated from immediately harming another person, then trying to talk then down should always be the first option. It IS possible to talk a psychotic person into taking medications voluntarily, if you can calm them down a little. Or talk them into putting down a weapon so you can get them with an IM dose. (I’m kidding about the tranq gun lol, but seriously deploying something like that would be a better option than using an actual gun ffs.)

    It’s a little amazing to me how many members of the general public are chomping at the bit to dehumanize people with mental illnesses who get agitated. Y’all, I guarantee I’ve dosed your dementia grandma when she got wigged out and started kicking people and trying to yank out her IV line. Agitation is a temporary psychological state, not a character trait. People don’t deserve to be murdered because they got flipped out.

    • IlovethebombEnglish
      24·
      1 year ago

      He said officers tried to calm Mora down before twice using a Taser on him. They then fired beanbag rounds before ultimately killing him, the man said.

      They did try and talk him down.

      • Chetzemoka@startrek.websiteEnglish
        52·
        1 year ago

        Yeah that famous de-escalation technique known as tazing someone. Please do everyone a favor and shut up. You don’t know what you’re talking about.