The latest edition of Ballotpedia’s The Deep Dish e-newsletter included this entry, the first in a series of featured candidate responses to the questions generated in the Chicago municipal election discussion project:

Candidate survey reply of the week

Ballotpedia’s Chicago candidate survey was created through our partnership with the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, Interactivity Foundation, and City Bureau, as well as insights from more than one hundred diverse citizens living throughout Chicago’s wards.

What sort of proposals would help reduce police shootings and fatalities?

“Supporting mental health in police departments and removing the stigma of asking for help. I dealt with this issue often as a medic in Afghanistan, working in a dangerous job with people who are trying to hurt you makes you irritable, jumpy, and prone to violence (symptoms of PTSD). … PTSD does NOT justify murder, not in the military, not on the streets of Chicago. If you want to stop senseless police shootings however, you need to take care of the officers and their mental health.”

– Trevor Joseph Grant, candidate for Chicago City Council, 1st Ward

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