By The Free Thought Project RT.com
The American Civil Liberties Union filed an amicus brief arguing that hundreds of disabled Americans are killed in police encounters every year. It was filed in support of a mentally ill woman suing police for shooting her five times.
In the case of San Francisco v. Sheehan, Teresa Sheehan argued that police shot her five times even though she was experiencing a “psychiatric emergency.” The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case on Monday.
Sheehan argued that when police came to her room in a group home in 2008 to take her to a hospital, they violated her Fourth …read more
Source:: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/report-cops-kill-hundreds-disabled-americans-year/