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    A 911 Call for Help Shouldn’t Have to End in Tragedy: Addressing the Fatal Encounters Between Law Enforcement and Individuals with Disabilities

    April 18, 2024By Victoire Jonqua

      On Saturday, March 9th, 2024, Ryan Gainer, a fifteen-year-old Black boy with autism, was shot and killed by a San Bernardino police officer right in front of his family home in Apple Valley, Southern California.[i] Gainer’s family called 911 after he attacked his sister during a disagreement and broke a glass door.[ii] When the […]

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    Judge, Jury, and Executioner: Why Florida’s Proposal to Amend its Death Penalty Requirements Warrant a Renewed Discussion about its Mental Health System

    April 7, 2023By Mark Salnick

    In the United States, 27 states recognize the death penalty as a potential punishment for those convicted of a capital crime. Of those 27 states, Florida has recently been at the forefront of amending the requirements to sentence a defendant to death. Florida’s proposal to implement a supermajority standard for issuing a death sentence should […]

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    A Much Needed Change: How We View and Tackle Drug Addiction

    March 29, 2021By Danay Hernandez

    President Nixon declared drug abuse “public enemy number one.” Consequently, it should be absolutely no surprise that the war on drugs has resulted in the longest and deadliest war in the United States of America. The war on drugs has stormed the world for many decades. As of today, the war on drugs has been ongoing for forty-nine years.

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    A New Response to Mental-Health Related 911 Calls: Cities Send Trained Workers Instead of Police Officers to Non-Violent Calls

    November 3, 2020By Patricija Gegznaite

    Cities are finally changing their approach to public safety and law enforcement regarding mental health and non-violent crises.

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