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Taye Diggs Reveals Sister’s Schizophrenia Diagnosis
The actor has joined a campaign to educate and empower people with the condition to thrive.
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Texas Police Officer Charged in the Fatal Shooting of Black Woman Suffering From Schizophrenia
A police officer has been indicted more than a year after fatally shooting a Black woman who suffered from schizophrenia in Baytown, Texas. In May 2019, 45-year-old Pamela Shantay Turner was shot and killed by Baytown officer Juan Delacruz. According to KHOU 11, Delacruz has been charged with aggravated assault by a public servant—a first-degree…
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Wisconsin Police Who Tased Mentally Ill Black Man 18 Times Face No Charges in His Death
In what has become a subplague in the epidemic of police violence, two police in West Milwaukee, Wis., will not be charged in the death of a 22-year-old man diagnosed with schizophrenia, whom they tased more than a dozen times. On Friday, Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm opted not to bring any charges against…