She called a non-emergency number in an attempt to get her boyfriend to a local St. Augustine, Florida, hospital for help-and told them she did not feel threatened.
Someone tell me what else a person can do in order to avoid getting their loved ones shot dead in the US. It's either "deal with it yourself" or "get them killed by police". Ridiculous.
I know that photo is from the source but did they really send in a squat team - specifically, is that an actual photo from the scene?
I read, "Minutes later, two St. Johns County Sheriff’s deputies, 26-year-old Jonas Carballosa and 32-year-old Kyle Braig, arrived at the home, armed with assault rifles, and told Kaitlyn to wait outside." So no. There was no swat team. Just a couple of fatally stupid officers, it seems.
I have a peeve about editorial photos added to stories for the sake of "illustration" when they don't actually come from the scene. It's reeks of sensationalism.
They appear to have changed it and replaced it with two cops in what appears to be training gear and paintball guns, which is messy in the opposite direction.
A friend of mine in her 60s, who has a long history of severe depression, was confronted 3 times in one week with police that county mental health, for some reason, called in. Each time they showed up, they were more heavily armed and confrontational. The final time, they descended on her with drawn guns.
She's completely traumatized, and sure that the next time they show up they'll kill her. I can't say she's wrong about that.
Twenty years ago, my daughter worked at the hotline for county mental health. People in crisis could call in and talk to minimally paid, lightly trained but sympathetic people for as long as they needed. Everyday, she told me how much she loved her job saving people's lives, and she did save lives everyday. And then, in a misguided cost cutting move, the call center was eliminated in favor of sending police out to "assess" the situations. Well, this is the result of using the police for things police are not meant to be used for.
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Someone tell me what else a person can do in order to avoid getting their loved ones shot dead in the US. It's either "deal with it yourself" or "get them killed by police". Ridiculous.
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I know that photo is from the source but did they really send in a squat team - specifically, is that an actual photo from the scene?
I read, "Minutes later, two St. Johns County Sheriff’s deputies, 26-year-old Jonas Carballosa and 32-year-old Kyle Braig, arrived at the home, armed with assault rifles, and told Kaitlyn to wait outside." So no. There was no swat team. Just a couple of fatally stupid officers, it seems.
I have a peeve about editorial photos added to stories for the sake of "illustration" when they don't actually come from the scene. It's reeks of sensationalism.
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She's completely traumatized, and sure that the next time they show up they'll kill her. I can't say she's wrong about that.
Twenty years ago, my daughter worked at the hotline for county mental health. People in crisis could call in and talk to minimally paid, lightly trained but sympathetic people for as long as they needed. Everyday, she told me how much she loved her job saving people's lives, and she did save lives everyday. And then, in a misguided cost cutting move, the call center was eliminated in favor of sending police out to "assess" the situations. Well, this is the result of using the police for things police are not meant to be used for.
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