Suicide Prevention Hotline Number Should Be 3 Digits, 988, Agency Says

Re:Suicide Prevention Hotline Number Should Be 3 Digits, 988... by kerkeslager on Friday August 16, 2019 @11:26AM (#20716125)

Without evidence, any comment you make is uninformed, so maybe spend a few seconds with your favorite search engine before commenting.

There are numerous reports of police showing up to suicide calls and shooting someone.[1][2][3][4][5] There's certainly a discussion to be had here about whether the shootings are self defense, but Taylor_OD's speculation is certainly not "without evidence".

[1] https://www.blacknews.com/news/matthew-tucker-fatally-shot-p...

[2] https://www.twincities.com/2018/04/12/sheriffs-deputy-fatall...

[3] https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/knwa/police-investigate-dep...

[4] https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/southwest-valley/...

[5] https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/breaking-officer-involve...

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Re:Suicide Prevention Hotline Number Should Be 3 Digits, 988... by ars on Friday August 16, 2019 @11:41AM (#20716269)

Did you actually bother reading your articles?

The person was shot after attacking the cops. You make it sound like they just shot these people for fun.

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Re:Suicide Prevention Hotline Number Should Be 3 Digits, 988... by kerkeslager on Friday August 16, 2019 @12:02PM (#20716521)

> The person was shot after attacking the cops.

The person? There's five different articles with five different people.

> You make it sound like they just shot these people for fun.

Did you actually bother reading my post? I brought up the possibility that the shootings were self-defense--nowhere did I blame the cops.

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