In this July 4, 2020,file photo, thousands of New Yorkers join the Coalition to Honor Black and Indigenous Activists at Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn, New York, for a massive protest march to honor those activists and demand justice for all victims of police brutality.

 
Something very interesting is falling out in CA in general and in Sacramento County in particular as a result of a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on qualified immunity for peace officers.

It is still being sorted out, though memos are out on it already to the Sac S.O.  Essentially the court ruling makes it MUCH EASIER for people to successfully sue cops personally due to use-of-force incidents that turn to shit where there is no initial crime committed.  

What is happening is the S. O. is no longer responding to many mental health calls where a weapon is present but no crime has been committed.  These are often potentially suicidal people or potentially suicidal-homicidal people in private residences in possession of firearms.  The fire department, which still responds, is very nervous about showing up to calls under these circumstances.  Ambulance crews likewise.  Sac county has a mental health response team set-up but they also will NOT respond if there is a weapon present.  

So, what it looks like is if your druggie son or mentally ill adult daughter is acting crazy and threatening to kill you or themself the S. O. will very likely give you a "Sorry Charlie, no crime committed (yet), no deputy.  Call us back when there is some blood on the floor."

I wonder how much bad stuff is going to happen before they get things straightened out.  Or maybe this IS straightened out.  We will see.