This is a tragic story of mental illness. The police may have been justified -- I don't know enough facts to say -- but it is another striking example of mental health/criminal justice gone all wrong.
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Man shot dead in police confrontation
April 19, 2010
Henry Stance and Katie Daubs
Staff Reporters
A Mississauga father of two, who was shot to death by police in Toronto's Port Lands area early Monday, was coping with a mental illness and struggling to get his family life in order, according to people who knew him.
Wieslaw Duda died in a hail of bullets on Commissioners St. near Cherry St. when police tried to stop a compact car that had sped away from other officers following a brief chase at 1 a.m. Monday. The Special Investigations Unit, the provincial police watchdog, is investigating because the victim was shot to death during a confrontation with police.
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I agree with your comment. An innocent man who needed help was hailed with bullets. 8 police cars around against 1 man. I am sure that the family can't believe what just happened. How fair is that? Can the police be held accountable? Don't they have that information that he is battling with mental health on their systems!? Tragic.
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