• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    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.