Civil-rights lawyer Gregg Zeff, who represents Morrison's son Orion Sistrunk, added: "The real underlying issue in this kind of case is how we treat mentally ill people. Unfortunately, what the politicians have decided is that we'd rather throw them all in jail, where they will just sit and rot, rather than spend money to get them help from medical professionals. So police are put in this position where somebody is acting up and their job is to go in and provide muscle rather than kindness - and we get these situations."