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Mario Clark’s mother Sheila Ragland regrets calling Jackson police to help with her son suffering from mental illness. She says they killed him instead. Photo courtesy Sheila Ragland

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Policing Mental Illness: The Death of Mario Clark and the Need for Alternatives

One in four killings in police officers' hands involved someone with mental-health issues, the Treatment Advocacy Center, based in Arlington, Va., reports.

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