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Don't call the cops! (fedia.io)

submitted 7 months ago by monkjerry@sh.itjust.works to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] ebc@lemmy.ca 27 points 7 months ago (6 children)

In Canada it happens too often: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/police-wellness-checks-deaths-indigenous-black-1.5622320

The scenario is usually the following:

A person stops answering their loved one's calls or makes suicide threats to the loved one
The loved one calls the cops to ask them to check in on them
Said person answers the door with the weapon they were planning to end their life with in their hands
Cops see a weapon, panic and shoot

What I don't understand is why cops don't just disengage / retreat from these situations. In most cases it looks like they were proceeding as if the person had to be stopped / apprehended.

[–] da_hooman_husky@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (5 children)

This is suicide by cop, OP was asking about situations where the subject is not a threat to anyone. A suicidal person with a gun is a threat as they can turn the weapon around and any time (and they often do).

[–] ebc@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What's the threat if they're alone in their own home?

[–] da_hooman_husky@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Depends on the situation.. you can get so many calls that sound the same but when you get there nothing about them are the same.. if someone is jn their home talking to the suicide hotline that is different than someone who calls for armed police in a manor that warrants a high priority response the waiting in your home with a weapon.. it COULD be harmless but that behavior is textbook suicide by cop and it happens more than people talk about.

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