Black and disabled Americans are calling for awareness of their unique risks in police interactions.
. Moore, who has cerebral palsy, said he has been stopped by police many times over the years, from an incident when, as a young man in New York, police believed he had"escaped from a group home or an institution" to a more recent experience of being pulled over in his neighborhood in the San Francisco Bay area"because I'm a Black disabled man on a nice bike."
Moore's ideas match up with what some in law enforcement said they also see as a solution. Brian Higgins, former chief of the Bergen County, New Jersey, Police Department, said agencies are increasingly tasked with"nontraditional police work" that leaves them overstretched. Instead, teams comprise a medically trained person and a behavioral health worker who can assess the situation depending on the needs of the person and give medical attention at the scene or, if necessary, refer him or her to a detox and sobering center.
That evening, Tulsa police Officer Betty Shelby was on her way to a domestic violence call when she stopped to investigate why Crutcher's car was standing in the middle of the road. Shelby later testified that Crutcher, who was outside the vehicle, didn't respond to her commands., Crutcher is seen walking toward the car, hands up, as several officers follow with weapons drawn.
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