A mom called 911 to get her son mental health help. He died after police responded with force

In this image from video provided by a family friend, Taylor Ware, left, sits in a field approached by a police officer and canine at a highway rest stop in Dale, Ind., on Aug. 25, 2019. Taylor’s mother called 911 when he wouldn’t get back in their SUV during a manic episode caused by bipolar disorder. In this image from video provided by a family friend, Taylor Ware is restrained by law enforcement and emergency medical personnel at a highway rest stop in Dale, Ind., on Aug. 25, 2019.

Ware was honorably discharged after five years and planned to travel the world and attend college. But he had begun struggling with bipolar disorder, and his efforts to start a post-service life collided with times he would lose touch with reality. It was one such episode that had led his mom to pick Ware up from a jail in Kentucky, where he had recently moved.

After several hours on the road struggling to keep Ware calm, they stopped at the Interstate 64 rest area in Dale, Indiana. Ware climbed out a window of the SUV, began acting strangely, and would not get back in. He was hearing voices. Soon after, Ware walked away, and Losiewski followed. Ware ignored orders to stop, then shoved him and ran, the officer would tell others in a scene recorded on video.

An officer yelled toward a paramedic to bring ketamine, a powerful sedative which immobilizes agitated people within minutes but can cause breathing and heart problems. Laser said the officer did not have sufficient justification to order the dog to attack Ware, who wasn’t a public safety threat and had not committed a crime until he “possibly touched or nudged” the officer.

A coroner ruled Ware’s death was natural, caused by his mental illness and “excited delirium” — a disputed condition of life-threatening agitation used for decades to explain the deaths of people restrained by police. The National Association of Medical Examiners said last year it does not endorse the condition as a cause of death.

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