RAYMOND, Miss. (WLBT) - We now know the identity of the man at the center of an hours-long standoff in Raymond on Tuesday. Authorities attempted to serve him a court order to be committed for mental ...
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Nearly 40 years ago, a federal appeals court ruled that Alabama officials could not jail people in mental health crisis who were sent to the state for help. Jailing people going through the state’s ...