mental illness
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Baltimore Man Killed By Neighbor After Order of Protection Request Was Denied
On Monday, community members in Glen Burnie, Md., gathered to remember Tyrique Hudson, who police say was killed by a shotgun blast fired by his neighbor on April 15. But the story becomes even more tragic once you learn that Hudson was denied a protective order against the suspect. The Capital Gazette reports that police…
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Rejection From Women Led Suspect to Throw 5-Year-Old Over Railing at Mall of America: Report
The 24-year-old man charged with hurling a 5-year-old boy over a railing at the Mall of America was “looking for someone to kill” after being rejected by women at the mall for years, police say in a criminal complaint. Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda, of Minneapolis, faces attempted murder charges, and is accused of grabbing the boy…
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Details Emerge on Suspect in Attempted Homicide of 5-Year-Old in Mall of America
Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda, 24, is being held at the Hennepin County Jail on an attempted homicide charge. Accused of throwing a five-year-old child from the third floor of Minnesota’s Mall of America, a fall of more than 40 feet. Police do not suspect any prior relationship between Aranda and the boy or their families. The…
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Man Reportedly Throws a 5-Year-Old Over a Three-Story Balcony at Mall of America
CBS News reports that an apparently mentally ill man is being held on an attempted homicide charge after allegedly tossing a 5-year-old over a third-story balcony at Mall of America in Minnesota. At 10:17 a.m. Friday, police responded to frantic calls from shoppers who witnessed a man either push or throw the child over the…
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Taraji P. Henson Tears Up Describing Mental Health in the Black Community as a 'National Crisis'
Taraji P. Henson has been doing the work, the work to end the stigma surrounding mental illness in the black community. The urgency of the issue brought her to tears while she was being honored for her efforts at Variety magazine’s Power of Women New York lunch. In September, Henson launched the Boris Lawrence Henson…
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‘I’m White,’ Obviously Black Teenager Tells Dr. Phil
Self-hatred is nothing to laugh about—neither are delusional tendencies. That said, there was something so surreal about the spectacle of a 16-year-old black girl named Treasure insisting she was white on Dr. Phil’s unbelievably long-running talk show on Wednesday that The Root staff couldn’t help but shake our heads in confusion and laugh uncomfortably. We…
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Morehouse Grad Who Died After Being Arrested, Tased by California Police Officers, Was Unarmed, Had Mental Health Issues
San Mateo County officials are looking into the death of an unarmed black man who died shortly after being arrested and Tased by sheriff’s deputies two weeks ago. As USA Today reports, 36-year-old Chinedu Valentine Okobi was reportedly running in and out of traffic on a busy street in Millbrae, Calif. on Oct. 3 when…
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Video Shows Detroit Cop Beating a Naked Black Woman Who May Have Been Mentally Ill
An unnamed Detroit police officer who was captured on video viciously pummeling a naked black woman in a hospital has been suspended without pay. Chief James Craig confirmed at a Thursday press conference that the officer, an 18-year veteran, and a corporal, has never had a “category one” use of force incident (when force leaves…