When out for my morning run this morning, I came across two policemen standing over a cuffed black man (a homeless man I've seen many times in my neighborhood, usually hanging outside of the dollar store, joking with passers-by).

Before the more recent protests, I would have thought, "I hope he's okay," but kept running. This morning, I stopped and asked the man if he was okay and inquired with the officers what he was being arrested for.

The man was incredibly upset and ranting, but what I understood is that he was trying to get something to eat and an altercation had gone down at the Tim Horton's down the street (and someone had called the police on him).

He asked me if I'd buy him something to eat and, since I have the Starbucks app on my phone, I asked him what he wanted there...he put in his order. But the police officer told me that they wouldn't let him eat it, so "don't bother."

I bought it anyway and went all Karen on the officer (you can direct your angry white lady in a better way, right? ). Meanwhile, several more police cars arrived. I asked why they needed so many officers for a man in cuffs who hadn't even been arrested yet. No answer.

After a while, they let him eat the food I bought, so I went for my run, but cut it short so I could loop around and check. They were putting him into the paddy wagon peacefully. I saw that he had finished his food. Six officers were at the scene.

He obviously has mental health issues and was very agitated because he was hungry. Hell, I know how I get when I'm HANGRY ( @carlospache_co will tell you that I get very unreasonable).

I'm definitely not an expert, but I've run by these scenes many times before and seen them escalate. A mental health professional would have been a MUCH better addition to that scene than more officers.

I don't know what went down between this man and the Tim Horton's employee (the Starbucks employee told me he spat at the TH employee), but de-escalating the situation should always be a priority.

Putting money into mental health could mean that a mental health professional would have been on the scene. This is why I'm for #DefundThePolice (even in Canada, where it isn't much better, it's just hushed). #JUNETEENTH2020 may not be our holiday, but we need change, too.

p.s. this is not about me celebrating anything I did. I have privilege and didn't fear or lose anything by confronting the cops or buying some croissants. I debated just being silent on this story, but I think it's a good example of how shifting budgets would help more.