good day i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. at what point did we start considering mental illness a crime? the agonizing words from the brother of a man pinned down and killed by police while apparently if the grips of a mental health crisis we have new reporting on the startling frequency of similar encounters with law enforcement and maybe how to stop them plus, another stunning drop in markets with banks stocks leading the way. how low will it go breaking an arrest warrant issued for russian president vladimir putin we start in virginia where ten people including three hospital employees are now facing charges in the death of a black man in handcuffs and shackles pinned to the ground and suffocated the 28-year-old had been hospitalized for suffering severe mental distress, something his family wasn t addressed by officials who instead they say treated him like a criminal. at what point do we stop preserving life. at what point do we cons
establishing a crisis sfons system cost $130.6 annually. the problem in this country is, chris, when we specifically have had opportunities to talk about policing and reforms when it comes to police departments across this country, there have been factions who are voices on the left and frankly voices on the right who are not speaking in the reality of this situation. defunding the police department, doing away with police departments is not practical, it s not realistic, okay, i want to be able to call the police in my neighborhood. absolutely, there s financial case to be made. not just for state budgets but you look at city budgets when something goes wrong with a police encounter with a citizen, oftentimes the citizen s family sues and i s the city that has