man was having mental health crisis. Cops punch and taser him while trying to get him into ambulance. He's dead

[Demovictory9]

https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/04/23/john-scott-death-decatur-alabama-punch-taser-mental-health/

A Black Alabama man who was hospitalized last week after he was punched and Tasered by police has died.

John Scott Jr., a 41-year-old Decatur resident, died Tuesday after being in a coma.

“My son John Scott is no longer with us. He fought a good fight,” Paulette Tennison-Sanders wrote on Facebook.

Scott Jr. was arrested April 15 after his mother called police because she feared he was off his medication and experiencing a mental health crisis.

Video shows Scott Jr. begin to panic as police officers try to get him into an ambulance.

He is then punched and Tasered while officers try to pin his arms behind his back while Scott screams “I’m sorry.”

[SheltieLover]

1. Beyond ridiculous!

[SunImp]

2. This is who we are funding

[electric_blue68]

3. WTF! 😩🤬🤬🤬

[rsdsharp]

4. There is virtually no situation the police won't make worse.

They think everything that falls out of their pie holes is a “lawful order,” and if you won’t obey them, their default is to resort to violence.

[JoseBalow]

6. Respect my authoritah!

[Irish_Dem]

5. Small female therapists and nurses take down mentally ill patients every day.

In outpatient and inpatient clinics.

They can do it without injury and don't have to kill anyone.

The train and practice for it and know what they are doing.

[yardwork]

7. NEVER call 911 if somebody is having a mental health crisis.

The cops will make it worse. People in law enforcement have told me this.