At least 150 Minneapolis police officers have filed for disability, citing post-traumatic stress disorder as their reason for leaving following weeks of crime and turmoil after George Floyd’s death.
The disability claims come as the city grapples with an uptick in crime and elected officials try to dismantle the police department while trying to create a more holistic approach to public safety, the Associated Pressreported.
Attorney Ron Meuser, without mentioning George Floyd’s death and the riots that followed as the cause for the disability requests, said the past two months have “pushed many officers to their breaking point.”
“I’m seeing PTSD symptoms of officers with highly diminished capacity to live and socialize, extraordinary rates of divorce, and alcohol dependency – just to cope. It is an emotional crisis that cannot and should not continue,” he said in a statement.
Meuser noted that many of the officers filing for disability were at the Minneapolis Department’s Third Precinct the night police left the building before rioters torched the building.
The Minneapolis Police Department has come under intense scrutiny since May 25, when a white officer named Derek Chauvin kneeled on the neck of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, for eight minutes while making an arrest. Throughout this time, Floyd pleaded that he could not breathe.
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12 comments:
I agree 1000% that they get disability.
Pay them. Good luck in hiring new people.
I am sure having to restrain from beating those people did cause some trauma.
Really?? What an asinine thing to say. Look at the REAL statistics before you spout off your simpleton statement.
They deserve every penny. POS city leader's should pay with their own money as well.
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George Floyd died of Fentanyl overdose
and was not killed by the police
I would rather see them get disability then f'ing druggies!
If they have a decent legal team the 4 cops will walk. It was never a neck injury and never strangulation.
The coroner was a corrupt hack and should be charged with tampering with evidence at least. Not to mention the ENTIRE city should be sued for everything it has left. Then rename the city. Should be called COPSWINNAPOLISE
Thank you 645, someone with a brain.
I'm all for them doing this. They deserve way more than they will get, but their message needs to get out either way. They need reparation, for being slaves to an ungrateful mob of thugs and democrats!
I honestly cannot understand why so many “Americans” are seeking to destroy the best country planet Earth has ever known.
Foreigners risk their lives to come to America wanting to live a safe and prosperous life while those born here seek destruction of America. So
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