Q&A
Victor Herrera shares experiences with mental health crisis response
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Victor Herrera shares his personal experiences with being reported as emotionally disturbed and the subsequent traumatic interactions with law enforcement and healthcare systems.
- Describes being reported as emotionally disturbed 9 times, with 5 instances of false injections
- Highlights issues with the NYPD patrol guide and potential for abuse
- Calls for accountability from hospitals and changes in NYPD language and practices
- Council Member Linda Lee acknowledges his testimony
Victor Herrera
5:02:36
I just wanted to emphasize one thing in regards to the daughter going through experience because, you know, This this thing with people experiencing emotional crisis.
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I'm not using EDP anymore.
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I wanna change that.
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It's it's it's real it's real because I was reported as emotionally just stirred 9 times.
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Okay?
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5 out of those 9, I was falsely injected with an antipsychotic job.
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Okay?
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Now, just to be clear, okay, that the practice of the NYPD patrol guide is clearly open for abuse.
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They intend to use it as a criminalization type of approach to individuals experiencing an emotional crisis.
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Okay.
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Nine times, held against my world, lost 2 jobs, lost my car, acted settlement federal court and broached a subject of acting in concert theory against fiber corporations, nonprofits involved.
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Okay.
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In this practice, this is ridiculous.
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And here in this story, continue today.
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Even last year, I experienced it.
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Pulled over my car.
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Okay?
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Queenie General Hospital, even after I explained it to them, don't do this.
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They still injected me.
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The hospital corporation needs to be also held accountable because they they work in psychiatry.
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I'm traumatized.
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I'm scared to go to a hospital to get treated.
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And this is where people go hoping to get treated and get well.
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And this is the trauma that the people like us are going through.
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Because FDNY, NYPD, and the Health And Hospital Corporation are in collusion.
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The patrol guide and the use of force NYPD patrol guide, the language has to be changed.
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In order to deescalate these matters in regards to the mental health community.
Linda Lee
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Thank you.
Victor Herrera
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Thank you.
