1/x For years, I’ve had police called and sent to wherever I was living at the time because someone felt I was a danger to myself. I understand the reasoning behind it. What are you to do when you’re worried that your friend/student’s life is in danger?

2/x This Thread doesn’t necessarily offer a solution, more just my perspective. Many mentally ill people, especially black, lgbtq+ mentally ill people have been killed by police doing “wellness checks.” So I always beg people not to call the police, but they do so anyway.

3/x Then I have to sit there for hours negotiating with these mother fuckers, not giving them a reason to believe that they need to take me somewhere or shoot me on sight. The first time was terrifying. You never really develop a script, but you get better at improvising.