The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, D.C., filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the District of Columbia on behalf of a local nonprofit that has asserted the city’s system of sending police officers as the “default first responders” for those experiencing a mental health crisis violates federal laws that protect the rights of people with disabilities.
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