Should Cops Be Trained to Deal with the Mentally Ill?

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The police killing of an unarmed, homeless man has dramatized changes in Venice — once the home of "shabby chic," now rapidly gentrifying like the rest of the Westside. City officials are faced with contradictory complaints: with some residents angry that there aren't enough police and others saying they're too many. We hear local voices, including Councilman Mike Bonin.

Ferguson, Missouri; Cleveland, Ohio; North Charleston, South Carolina; New York City and Baltimore, Maryland are on a growing list of cities where unarmed African Americans have died at the hands of local police. That list now includes Venice Beach, California, where Brendon Glenn was killed last Tuesday in an incident that’s been publicly questioned by Police Chief Charlie Beck.

Photo: Venice vigil for Brendon Glenn (Evan George)

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Guests:

Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Sáša Woodruff, Benjamin Gottlieb