More than 40 years after police killed Eleanor Bumpurs in her Bronx apartment, people still #sayhername
- Written by LaShawn Harris, Associate Professor of History, Michigan State University
New York City has a long history of police using violence to control people experiencing mental health crises.Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesWhen people with mental health problems are in crisis, police often are the first responders. Since many officers have little to no training on how to assess or treat mental illness, these situations...