Lil Nas X has been arrested for battery of a police officer: “Upon arrival the suspect charged at officers and was taken into custody. He was transported to a local hospital for a possible overdose and placed under arrest for battery on a police officer,” according to a public information officer

Posting this again, since it got pinned to the other thread. Added two links (from [garbage_catfoot](https://www.reddit.com/user/garbage_catfoot/) in a reply to that pinned comment).

Reminder: if you think someone may need help, don’t call the cops.

[When a police wellness check becomes a death sentence | CNN](https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/19/us/wellness-check-police-shootings-trnd)

[She asked the police to help her husband. They killed him instead | Los Angeles | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/14/los-angeles-police-shoot-kill-takar-smith)

[Killed in a “Wellness Check”: Why Cops Shouldn’t Police Mental Health](https://theintercept.com/2020/08/22/police-shooting-wellness-check-sandy-guardiola/)

[don’t call the police](https://dontcallthepolice.com/) – Alternatives to 911.

[Narcan resources](https://knowthedangers.com/naloxone-finder/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21603121617&gbraid=0AAAAADozJ6Ygjtf91ZjXP_ySPODL1vp_7&gclid=Cj0KCQjwh5vFBhCyARIsAHBx2wyTeIHt6n6FNlk4TizehC9_fXSV1k-QWUeBbCm6jUCCDspYA391nH4aApt-EALw_wcB) – Where to find narcan

Edit: and in this case leaving him alone would have been much safer (if he’d collapsed then calling 911 for an ambulance would have been the best idea). Luckily, this time the cops arrested him and got him to hospital unharmed.

2nd edit – and some policy changes to consider advocating:

[How Police Alternatives to Mental Health Calls Are Growing in the U.S. | The Marshall Project](https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/03/23/police-emergency-mental-health-911)

[Sending Unarmed Responders Instead of Police: What We’ve Learned | The Marshall Project](https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/07/25/police-mental-health-alternative-911)

[LA tests program to send unarmed civilians instead of cops to people in crisis](https://www.police1.com/mental-health-outreach/la-tests-program-to-send-unarmed-civilians-instead-of-cops-to-people-in-crisis)

[Issues in Law Enforcement Reform: Responding to Mental Health Crises | Congress.gov | Library of Congress](https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R47285)

[https://www.policeforum.org/assets/MBHResponse.pdf](https://www.policeforum.org/assets/MBHResponse.pdf) (via [https://www.policeforum.org/free-online-documents](https://www.policeforum.org/free-online-documents) )

[Welfare checks – Issue Paper](https://www.safetyreimagined.org/papers/welfare-checks)

[End Police “Wellness Checks.” Now.](https://www.madinamerica.com/2020/06/end-police-wellness-checks-now/)

I want to forefront that if this isn’t a publicity stunt, I’m thinking of him and his healthy and safety.

If this is a publicity stunt, then I want to say I respect the amount of energy he goes into his roll outs.