Calling the police for a welfare check on someone is dangerous.

Never, ever, ever call the police to do a welfare check on someone or to assist a person (even an autistic 13 year old child) having a mental health crisis.

Over, and over, and over, calling the police to do a welfare check or to help in a mental health emergency has resulted in the execution of American citizens.

The child in this article was shot multiple times after his mother called the police for to help calm him during a mental health crisis.

Jon Abel (a 17 year old boy) was murdered by police as he pulled out of his driveway. The police were there to do a welfare check.

Atatiana Jefferson was murdered (shot through a window while in her own home) by a police officer who was there to do a welfare check.

Maggie Brooks was napping in the grass on a nice day when she was murdered by a police officer who had come to do a welfare check.

Sandy Gaurdiola was murdered in her bed by a police officer who was there to do a welfare check.

These are just several examples of a very, very long list.