As The Deaths Pile Up, Experts Ask: Why Are Police Involved In Mental Health Crises?
Gershun Freeman died inside a Memphis, Tennessee, jail in October. A few months later, in March, Irvo Otieno perished inside a state hospital shortly after police and hospital staff knelt on him for several minutes. Aside from being two more Black men in America who died in police custody, their stories share another commonality: Both […]
A Man Was Left In Jail Naked, Alone And Suffering From Psychosis — He Died Weeks Later
Joshua McLemore died after 20 days in solitary confinement in the Jackson County jail, during which time he barely ate or drank. Courtesy Budge & Heipt When 29-year-old Joshua McLemore stopped answering his mother’s calls and texts, she started to worry. McLemore had been diagnosed with schizophrenia as a young adult, and he had struggled […]