Irene Rotondo – masslive.com
A federal civil rights lawsuit has been filed against Worcester, accusing the city of endangering people in mental health crisis by sending armed police to 911 calls instead of trained clinicians — a practice advocates say violates disability law and leaves children and adults traumatized, injured and afraid to call for help at all.
The suit was filed in U.S. District Court on Monday by three major mental health groups — the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Central Massachusetts, NAMI-Massachusetts and the Parent-Professional Advocacy League…