Divert the Police

In 2019, a young Black man named Miles Hall was experiencing a mental health crisis at his home in Walnut Creek, California. His mother called 911 for help - and he was shot by police shortly after their arrival. The Treatment Advocacy Center says one in four deaths caused by police brutality involved victims struggling with their mental health. On this special episode of Start Here, producer Madeleine Wood meets Miles’ family, and goes on a ride-along with Oakland’s MACRO program, which was created to prevent people experiencing mental illness being criminalized. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices