#mental-health-response

#mental-health-response

The police involved shootings occurred within hours of each other. In Manhattan's West Village, NYPD officers shot and killed a 37-year-old man who reportedly pointed what appeared to be a firearm at them following a traffic-related incident. Police later confirmed the object was a realistic-looking air pistol. Earlier, officers fatally shot a man inside NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital after he allegedly barricaded himself with a sharp object, threatening staff and patients.

A lot of times for New Yorkers, what is experienced or understood as an example of social disorder is then tasked to the police as if it's their responsibility,