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Top 4 Ways To Reduce Police Brutality Against People With Mental Illness

Top 4 Ways To Reduce Police Brutality Against People With Mental Illness

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Joe Arshawsky
The System Rejected a Bipolar Lawyer

The System Rejected a Bipolar Lawyer

So I Became an Activist and Finally Found My Purpose
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Death Sentence for Bipolar Man

Death Sentence for Bipolar Man

We are nearly ten years down the road, and nothing has changed. Being bipolar while BIPOC is still a death penalty offense.
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I was Beaten and Tortured by the Minneapolis Police While Manic

I was Beaten and Tortured by the Minneapolis Police While Manic

The incident that made me an activist
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My One-Year Absence Was Not Medium.com’s Fault

My One-Year Absence Was Not Medium.com’s Fault

Psychiatric Malfeasance Pushed Me Into the Stratosphere
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Top 5 Excuses Cops Use to Approach You on the Street

Top 5 Excuses Cops Use to Approach You on the Street

Depending on your state, police have wide discretion to approach practically anybody on the street. Here’s how.
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Bipolar people: the last stigma

Bipolar people: the last stigma

Black and proud, gay and proud, trans and proud, even fat and proud. But bipolar and proud?
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On being bipolar

On being bipolar

My manic episodes over the last 18 year
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The Day that “Joe the Lawyer” Died

The Day that “Joe the Lawyer” Died

And “Joe the Activist” was Born
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I Was Locked in Two Mental Wards in San Francisco, and I Was Diagnosed as Bipolar I

I Was Locked in Two Mental Wards in San Francisco, and I Was Diagnosed as Bipolar I

Strapped in a Bed, Singing “Redemption Song” and Getting Shot Up
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When Mentally Ill People Get Tased By Police

When Mentally Ill People Get Tased By Police

The Forgotten Case of Judith Gray
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Raise Awareness of Police Brutality against People with Mental Illness

Raise Awareness of Police Brutality against People with Mental Illness

One Quarter of Police Killings of Less than Five Percent of the Population!
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Supplement to Passover Hagaddah 2023 regarding Oppression of the Mentally Ill Today

Supplement to Passover Hagaddah 2023 regarding Oppression of the Mentally Ill Today

As we gather around the Passover table to retell the story of our liberation from slavery, we must also remember those who are still…
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Bipolar Man Tased and Choked to Death

Bipolar Man Tased and Choked to Death

His “Crime?” Escaping from a Psych ER. He held a lamp post too tightly.
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What Happens When Police Beat and Torture, a Psychotic Lawyer?

What Happens When Police Beat and Torture, a Psychotic Lawyer?

It Was Painful, and it Cost My Career — One Fucked Up Night
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Submissions Welcome

Submissions Welcome

#BipolarLivesMatter Believes In Your Stories and Ideas
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When My New Psychiatrist Told Me I Was Not Bipolar, I Should Have Realized That It Was Too Good To…

When My New Psychiatrist Told Me I Was Not Bipolar, I Should Have Realized That It Was Too Good To…

My year of going unmedicated — or worse, counter-medicated
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The Police Kill Man During Drug-Induced Psychosis

The Police Kill Man During Drug-Induced Psychosis

This story is one in an ongoing series of articles from different parts of the country. Previous stories include this case from…
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Mentally Disturbed Man Tased for Seatbelt Violation Has No Remedy

Mentally Disturbed Man Tased for Seatbelt Violation Has No Remedy

Traffic Stop Ends in Trip by Ambulance with Broken Teeth
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