Minnesotans Remember Barbara Schneider on the 10th Anniversary of Her Death and Talk about the Growing Work of the the Barbara Schneider Foundation

Minnesota Public Radio

police learn lessons after shooting of mentally ill woman 10 years ago

by Madeleine Baran

Barbara Schneider was a social justice activist. She was 49 years old when she died. Departments and groups have been trying to make sure similar tragedies will never happen.

Pioneer Press

Ruben Rosario

Minneapolis police learn lifesaving lessons the hard way

Fox 9 TV News

10 Year Anniversary of Deadly Mpls Shooting

Watch Video on myFOX9.com Mark Anderson of the BSF discussed why losing Schneider has such an impact on those who knew her.

Star Tribune

The legacy of Barbara Schneider,
10 years later

Posted by Doug Stone - June 12 marks the 10th anniversary of the shooting death of Barbara Schneider, a bright, sensitive woman with two Master's degrees.

WCCO Radio News

today is the 10th anniversary

(text version of their 2 stories)
1) Today (June 12) is the 10th anniversary of the death of Barbara Schneider, who was shot by Minneapolis police responding to a mental health crisis call. Since then, a group called the Barbara Schneider Foundation has been formed to educate police and others about how to deal with such crises. Mark Anderson is director. The Minneapolis police department's Crisis Intervention Team has become a model for “C-I-T” s
in other communities.

2) It was ten years ago today (June 12) that Barbara Schneider of Minneapolis was shot and killed by police who responded to a mental health crisis. As a result of that incident, a new approach was developed to handle such cases. Mark Anderson heads the Barbara Schneider Foundation:

Since then, other departments in Minnesota have developed their own crisis intervention teams, modeled after the Minneapolis Police C-I-T.


Click here to watch our video, "What’s Our Problem?"

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Click here to watch our
video, "Getting it Right"

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Click here to watch CIT International's video, "The Criminalization of Mental Illness"

Click here for Mark Anderson's interview on 10th Anniversary of Deadly Mpls Shooting.

video link to Mark Anderson's interview on 10th Anniversary of Deadly Mpls Shooting

 

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