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Call to Mind: The Fifth Branch

MPR News with Angela Davis by Minnesota Public Radio

May 15, 202600:52:10News & Politics

Over the past decade, police in America have shot and killed 1,939 people who were in the middle of a mental health crisis. That’s 20 percent of all police killings in that time. Those deaths helped fuel a movement. Inst...

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Call to Mind: The Fifth Branch is an episode from MPR News with Angela Davis by Minnesota Public Radio. Over the past decade, police in America have shot and killed 1,939 people who were in the middle of a mental health crisis. That’s 20 pe...

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Published May 15, 2026, 00:52:10 long, audio available.

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Over the past decade, police in America have shot and killed 1,939 people who were in the middle of a mental health crisis. That’s 20 percent of all police killings in that time. Those deaths helped fuel a movement. Instead of armed police, more than half of the country’s largest cities now send specially trained social workers and EMTs. This new generation of first responders handle 911 calls involving mental illness, substance use disorders, or suicidal thoughts. Call to Mind: The Fifth Branch is a special program made in partnership with the “Tradeoffs” podcast. This episode takes listeners to Durham, North Carolina, to meet people who have reimagined the city’s crisis-response system. For more reporting like this,

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Published May 15, 2026 and 00:52:10 long