Author Mariela Ruiz-Angel is Director of Alternative Response Initiatives at Georgetown University’s Center for Innovations in Community Safety.
When 25-year-old Alex LaMorie, an autistic man in Maryland, called 911 during a mental health crisis, he was following the plan meant to keep him safe. Instead, police arrived, and within minutes, he was dead, s…

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