Wisconsin is among few Midwest states that still relies on individual counties to deliver emergency mental health services. Iowa, Minnesota and Missouri have regionalized crisis services while Ohio and Illinois have hybrid approaches.
When Chrissy Barnard faced a mental health crisis and most needed care, law enforcement handcuffed her, placed her in the back of a patrol car and drove her five hours to Wisconsin’s only state-run mental health facility for the general public.
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Daniel Navarro, a Mexican American man from Fond du Lac, intentionally crashed his pickup truck into white motorcyclist Phillip Thiessen, a retired Wisconsin DOJ agent, “because he stated he believed the rider of a Harley motorcycle would be white and racist.”