‘She’s a Child, She’s a Baby: Rochester’s Plan to Supplement Police In Mental Health Crisis Situations Goes Bust on First Test When Black 9-Year-Old Is Pepper Sprayed
A little more than a week after the city of Rochester, New York, launched a program to de-escalate police interventions with residents suffering from mental health issues, it failed the first big test. A 9-year-old girl who police say family told them may harm herself or others was handcuffed, pepper-sprayed and manhandled by officers instead…
