Keris Myrick

National Alliance on Mental Illness

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President of the Board of Directors of the National Alliance on Mental Illness

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Last year in Fullerton, California police officers beat a homeless schizophrenic into a coma.

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Last year in Fullerton, California police officers beat a homeless schizophrenic into a coma.

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