jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 3 months ago‘This Is the Worst Police-Shooting Video Ever’ - The officer who killed Sonya Massey didn’t see what I see.www.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1285
arrow-up1285external-link‘This Is the Worst Police-Shooting Video Ever’ - The officer who killed Sonya Massey didn’t see what I see.www.theatlantic.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squarethe_toast_is_gone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoIt isn’t just that she was religious; according to her family, she had schizophrenia. https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/crime/2024/07/26/crump-sonya-massey-needed-a-helping-hand-not-a-bullet-to-the-face/74551662007/ I don’t know what she was thinking at the time, but it must have been horrifying. As someone with sz, it makes me wonder what lengths people will go to put me down should they see the need.
minus-squareprolelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoI don’t know the statistics, so this is mostly just an educated guess, but I imagine there is quite a bit of overlap there. Not exactly a shock to find out that someone who believes they can speak directly to God, and that they hear his voice, ends up being schizophrenic.
It isn’t just that she was religious; according to her family, she had schizophrenia. https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/crime/2024/07/26/crump-sonya-massey-needed-a-helping-hand-not-a-bullet-to-the-face/74551662007/
I don’t know what she was thinking at the time, but it must have been horrifying. As someone with sz, it makes me wonder what lengths people will go to put me down should they see the need.
I don’t know the statistics, so this is mostly just an educated guess, but I imagine there is quite a bit of overlap there.
Not exactly a shock to find out that someone who believes they can speak directly to God, and that they hear his voice, ends up being schizophrenic.