Dispatchers Ignored 19-Year-Old's Emergency Calls Before Police Killed Him | ThinkProgress

In the first call made on December 26, LeGrier asks the dispatcher to send an officer, but doesn’t specify why one is needed. The teenager repeatedly says the word “emergency,” but the dispatcher says she won’t send an officer until LeGrier says his full name. She hangs up in less than two minutes...
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/01/27/3743230/dispatchers-ignored-19-year-olds-emergency-calls-before-police-killed-him/