Zohran Mamdani: “What Chavez needs is mental health treatment, not criminal…”

“And in meeting with the family, in visiting Jabez at the hospital, and in viewing this footage, it is clear to me that What Chavez needs is mental health treatment, not criminal prosecution from a district attorney. And we are talking about a family that is enduring the kind of pain that no family should, and an individual that has lived with schizophrenia for many years.” (43:00–43:07)

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