Opinion: Being Black and mentally ill shouldn’t be a death sentence
We can do better. Dropping the “imminent threat” standard is one solution my organization, the Treatment Advocacy Center, recommends in an upcoming report on state involuntary-treatment laws.
Waiting until an individual poses an imminent threat allows untreated psychosis to devolve into permanent brain damage. We do not ask heart attack or cancer patients to wait to seek help, yet we require that of the families of individuals with severe mental illness. Further, the imminence requirement closes the window to early intervention through the civil commitment process and inappropriately places sick individuals in the hands of the criminal justice system.
My brother’s symptoms cause him to experience terrifying breaks from reality marked by paranoid delusions and hallucinations. This is not a safe state of mind for anyone, especially a young Black man, to be in when encountered by people with guns.Changing the laws to limit police encounters with individuals with severe mental illness will save many lives, but especially Black lives.
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