This happens, and keeps happening, and it's absolutely awful. It's to the point where no one should ever call for a "wellness check", because how do you live with the fact that you set off this cascade of events? We need social workers, not police, for wellness checks.

CGchrisgeidner.bsky.socialSep 30, 2024 2:14am

A wellness check led to a suicidal man being shot to death in Texas — not by himself, but by the cops sent to check on him. A Fifth Circuit decision on Friday all but says that this will continue happening. www.lawdork.com/i/149571566/...