Virginia: Call to end felony assault in mental health crisis

Del. Vivian Watts, D-Fairfax, wants to change state law to say that people in a mental health crisis can't be charged with felony assault on a law enforcement officer if the officer is responding to a call for assistance for that emergency.

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