Don’t Call the Cops. Especially if Your Loved Ones Are Old, Disabled or Have Special Needs

Don’t Call the Cops. Especially if Your Loved Ones Are Old, Disabled or Have Special Needs

By John W. Whitehead

November 16, 2020

“Anyone who cares for someone with a developmental disability, as well as for disabled people themselves [lives] every day in fear that their behavior will be misconstrued as suspicious, intoxicated or hostile by law enforcement.”—Steve Silberman, The New York Times

They shot at him fourteen times.

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