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I don't have statistics but the stories of, "officers responding to a welfare check killed person having mental breakdown" are a fucking drumbeat in the mental health community.
Please don't call the cops. Call for an ambulance or a mental health team if they have them in your area. Do not tell the operator you feel threatened unless you really are. You'll get a faster response but it will not be predicated on helping the person, they're going to attempt to restrain them first and foremost in that case and that's where an OD of Ketamine, electricity, or lead kills them.
I have an autistic son, and the possibility that he could one day interact with police without my wife or I there is the stuff of nightmares to me.
Elijah McClain
Linden Cameron
Those two come to mind immediately. I'm quite sure there are more.
My neighbor's kid is also autistic and on rare occasions used to randomly walk into our house.
Startled the shit out outta us, but luckily we aren't the type of cowards who need a gun to feel safe.