1/2 Stop with the "Black man" lede with every one of these stories. White people get treated the same way and worse by cops every day. https://apnews.com/5c2f0cf366e560b7f41ebb3c964b099c

1.5/2 Daniel Prude, like George Floyd, was extremely high on drugs (PCP for Prude, Fentanyl for Floyd), panicking, technically disorderly but clearly of no threat to anyone.

Cops shouldn't be responsible for people in conditions like that.

“The police have shown us over and over again that they are not equipped to handle individuals with mental health concerns. . . .

These officers are trained to kill, and not to deescalate. These officers are trained to ridicule, instead of supporting Mr. Daniel Prude,” Ashley Gantt of Free the People ROC said at the news conference with Prude’s family.
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