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Georgia veteran shot dead by police needed more help from VA, partner says
The Guardian
Max Blau
April 14, 2015

Bridget Anderson says Anthony Hill, who was shot dead by police in Atlanta in March, did not receive proper medical care for bipolar disorder

A Georgia military veteran who was killed by police last month did not receive enough medical support from the US Department of Veteran Affairs for his bipolar disorder and was forced to self-medicate with marijuana, his girlfriend said.

Anthony Hill, a 27-year-old US air force veteran, was shot dead on 9 March at his apartment complex outside Atlanta.

Police officers had been responding to a 911 call for an episode during which Hill was not wearing clothes, crawling on the ground and banging on his neighbors’ doors.

His death, one of a growing number of fatal shootings of unarmed black men by white police officers, has prompted further questions about the mental health treatment available to him from the VA prior to his death.

Bridget Anderson, Hill’s girlfriend, who was driving to celebrate their three-year anniversary on the day he died, said Hill had bipolar disorder and social anxiety after returning from Afghanistan in 2012. Hill had faced difficulties finding regular work, performing daily activities and getting his life back on track, Anderson said.
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