While Dismantling Injustice is taking a brief summer break, the Envision Freedom staff is curating a “Staff Picks” series, where we are sharing some of our favorite episodes from this past season. This week our Research & Advocacy, Zoë Adel Perry shares our conversation on the criminalization of mental health—a topic that is, unfortunately, as relevant today as it was when we released this episode in January. Whether it’s the police shooting Raul de a Cruz in the Bronx or the vigilante murder of Jordan Neely on the subway, it’s clear that violence in response to individuals experiencing mental health crises has been normalized. On this episode, Carl was joined by Jeffrey Severe from the NYC Public Advocate's Office to share Public Advocate Jumaane Williams' concerns with how we deal with mental health as a city and how we support solutions that lead to care and treatment, not violence.
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