Man Tries to Hang Himself, Cops Shoot Him Instead

Title really says it all, per the article:

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A 29-year-old man being held for his mental health in a Florida hospital was fatally shot after he grabbed a pair of scissors and threatened to stab sheriff’s deputies. ... The man’s family brought him to the emergency department of the Cleveland Clinic Indian River in Vero Beach on Friday after he tried to hang himself, Flowers told reporters on Sunday.

The hospital is facing a lot of mental health patients (it is Florida after all) and there were no beds at any nearby clinics. The man was there for a day and a half, and must have had an episode. He grabbed a pair of scissors and got blasted.

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Deputies began chasing him, and he raised the scissors over his head. “At that point our deputies begin to retreat back,” Flowers said. “Again, a small narrow hallway, gurneys, all kinds of stuff in there. They draw their weapons and two of the deputies fire, shooting and killing this man.”

It's ******* pathetic that our police can't even handle a pair of God damned scissors without killing someone. Then, of course, how absolutely terrible this country is at providing any form of mental health services. I mean, seriously.

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