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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri Jul 10, 2020, 06:47 PM Jul 2020

Scores of Minneapolis officers seek disability for PTSD in wake of protests [View all]

More than 150 Minneapolis police officers are seeking disability benefits, claiming they are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder following the protests that have rocked the city and the nation in the wake of George Floyd's killing.

In a statement Friday, attorney Ron Meuser, whose law firm is representing the officers, said that many are at "their breaking point."

"In the last six weeks, over 150 police officers have started the process of filing physical and mental disability claims, the majority of which encompass officers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This is an astronomical number of people given there are approximately 850 officers within the Minneapolis Police Department," he said.

"I'm seeing PTSD symptoms of officers with highly diminished capacity to live and socialize, extraordinary rates of divorce, and alcohol dependency - just to cope. It is an emotional crisis that cannot and should not continue."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/scores-of-minneapolis-officers-seek-disability-for-ptsd-in-wake-of-protests/ar-BB16AZAE?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=DELLDHP

Poor snowflakes.

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