Theresa Dvorocsik 2/26

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/26/opinions/trump-parkland-shooting-mental-health-sandra-allen-opinion/index.html

This article was about an NYPD sergeant named Hugh Barry, a 32-year-old white man who was accused of the murder in the death of a 66-year-old black woman named Deborah Danner. She had long been diagnosed with schizophrenia. In 2016, a building security guard called 911, saying that Danner was causing a disturbance in a hallway and that he needed help. As is often the case in this country, that help came in the form of the police. 

Trump in these comments was repeating a stereotype that is popular and also false: that "insane" people are to blame for gun violence. The notion that violence can be blamed on those with psychiatric disabilities stands in stark contrast to the reality of what life is like for such people in this country, as the Deborah Danner story makes all too clear.