“There is no active threat to the community, Columbus police said.” Except the Columbus police.

if this ‘officer’ had not been lethally armed for a fucking welfare check, this kid would still be alive.

In China, attempted suicide is punishable by death if found guilty. In USA, they skip the trial.

“The Columbus Police Department was conducting a welfare check on a subject following a report of potential self-harm,” Nebraska State Patrol said in a press release.

“We made sure that the subject did not chicken out of his threat.”

This is why you don’t call the fucking cops. ACAB

“we have successfully confirmed that the state of this person’s welfare is no longer a need for concern”

There’s no bad situation you can’t make worse by calling the police.