Police Shootings: Distraught People, Deadly Results

REPORT: Many Killed By Police Were In The Midst Of A Mental Crisis
Police officers in riot gear hold a line as they watch demonstrators protest the shooting death of Michael Brown and 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. at a QuikTrip convince store and gas station October, 12 2014 in St. Louis, Missouri. Civil rights organizations, protest groups and people from around the country were protesting the August 9 shooting of Brown, which involved Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson and Meyers, who was shot and killed last week by an off duty St. Louis police officer. AFP PHOTO/Joshua Lott (Photo credit should read Joshua LOTT/AFP/Getty Images)
Police officers in riot gear hold a line as they watch demonstrators protest the shooting death of Michael Brown and 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. at a QuikTrip convince store and gas station October, 12 2014 in St. Louis, Missouri. Civil rights organizations, protest groups and people from around the country were protesting the August 9 shooting of Brown, which involved Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson and Meyers, who was shot and killed last week by an off duty St. Louis police officer. AFP PHOTO/Joshua Lott (Photo credit should read Joshua LOTT/AFP/Getty Images)

Officers often lack the training to approach the mentally unstable, experts say.

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