马里兰州不会在2025年心理健康危机期间, 向小唐泰梅尔顿(Dontae Melton Jr.)的巴尔的摩警员提出指控。
Maryland won’t charge Baltimore officers in Dontae Melton Jr.’s 2025 death during mental health crisis.
马里兰州总检察长办公室决定不对涉及2025年6月24日唐泰·梅尔顿二世死亡事件的巴尔的摩警察提起刑事指控,唐泰是一名31岁的心理健康危机男子。
The Maryland Attorney General’s Office has decided not to file criminal charges against Baltimore police officers involved in the June 24, 2025, death of Dontae Melton Jr., a 31-year-old man experiencing a mental health crisis.
当Melton走进交通中时,警察接近Melton,对他实行限制,在他失去反应后,他等待了将近40分钟的医疗帮助。
Officers approached Melton as he walked into traffic, restrained him, and waited nearly 40 minutes for medical help after he became unresponsive.
他六小时后在医院死亡。
He died six hours later at a hospital.
州医检官判定死亡为杀人案
The state medical examiner ruled the death a homicide.
家人和Melton的律师批评了这一决定,称其为问责制的失败,并强调了警方在应对心理健康危机和紧急调度失败时的系统性问题。
The family and Melton’s attorney criticized the decision, calling it a failure of accountability and highlighting systemic issues in police response to mental health crises and emergency dispatch failures.