Current Events > NYPD shot man after his father called for a mental health crisis

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https://gothamist.com/news/nypd-officers-shot-man-in-bronx-after-his-father-called-311-for-help-with-mental-health-crisis

Santo de la Cruz called 311 Sunday morning seeking medical intervention for his 42-year-old son, who he said was in the midst of a schizophrenic episode. Within minutes, his son was lying outside of the Bronx apartment building where his family lives, shot by officers responding to the call, de la Cruz told Gothamist.

The son, Raul de la Cruz, was in critical condition at St. Barnabas Hospital on Monday. Santo said doctors gave him a slim chance of survival.

The pair had gotten into an argument earlier in the morning on Sunday after Raul posted a video online goading police, who he thought were out to get him, the elder de la Cruz said in an interview Monday afternoon.

I told them [311] that I called them instead because I didnt want something bad to happen, de la Cruz recounted in Spanish, noting that his son would sometimes yell at people in public, provoking them when he was off of his medication. I told them I didnt want him to do anything bad or for him to end up killed. Thats what I told 311.

Raul's dad said he called 311, asking to speak to someone in Spanish. He asked for medical authorities to commit Raul before something went awry.

NYPD officials said on Sunday the father called 911, but a review of Santos phone logs shows he only called the citys non-emergency 311 line on Sunday morning. The call lasted 23 minutes.

A dispatcher for 311 told Gothamist that reports of someone in a mental health crisis with a weapon are automatically routed to the police. She said the NYPD then decides who gets dispatched.

Before the call was over, Santo, 67, said two white police officers arrived at his building on the Grand Concourse in Kingsbridge, yelling instructions at Raul in English. But Raul does not understand English, according to his dad and sister.

Raul asked, Que pasa? according to his dad, before pulling out a knife and approaching the officers.
The officers yelled at Raul in English to stop and drop the knife, firing four shots, Santo said. Three hit Raul, including once in the leg and others in the torso, Santo said.

Raul was shot down in a scene that lasted 28 seconds, according to Chief Patrol John Chell. Chell said the bodycam footage capturing the shooting was under investigation.

I thought they killed himI didnt call for them to kill him, Santo said on Monday in Spanish.

It was only after his son was shot that Spanish-speaking NYPD officers arrived on the scene, questioning Santo in his native language, he said.

We spoke with the doctor yesterday and he told us that [Raul] had a 10% chance of survival and he didnt think he would make it through the night, Santo said. Today, they have not given us any type of information.

Santo said he hasnt been allowed to visit his son at St. Barnabas Hospital, where hes being treated.
Gothamist confirmed with a hospital clerk that Raul is under police custody and that NYPD officers have jurisdiction over who enters and exits his hospital room.

Our hands are tied, the clerk said.

Antifar posted...

Raul asked, Que pasa? according to his dad, before pulling out a knife and approaching the officers.

>_>

Amazing that people still call the authorities on family or friends thinking theyll help and not show up to execute instead.

iPhone_7 posted...

Amazing that people still call the authorities on family or friends thinking theyll help and not show up to execute instead.

he didnt call the police

I understand why the knife made them have to route the call to 911
I understand why the police were sent out
I do not fucking understand why they didn't send out someone fluent in Spanish when the man literally asked for someone to speak to in Spanish with the other cops

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AND the NYPD lies at the start saying the father used the wrong line...

That's what you get for asking the cops for help.
They're not here to help, they're here to punish.