1A Across America: Unpolicing Mental Illness
"Any investment in a community is a mental health initiative," says Vice's Shayla Love.
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A note to listeners: We played some audio at 0:35 of a police officer tasing a man with a mental disability in distress. This is a non-lethal encounter that took place in Glendale, Arizona last summer. The audio is disturbing. If you'd like to skip it, it lasts for about 30 seconds.