BEFORE GEORGE FLOYD
PHILANDO CASTILE AND JAMAR
CLARK ANOTHER DEADLY POLICE
ENCOUNTER SPARKED OUTRAGE IN
THE TWIN CITIES AND LED TO
CHANGES IN TRAINING.
MINNEAPOLIS SHOT IN 49-YEAR-
OLD BARBARA SCHNEIDER AND HER
UPTOWN APARTMENT.
FOR THE FIRST TIME ONE OF THE
OFFICERS WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER
IS SPEAKING OUT.
ONLY ON WCCO SHE TOLD OUR
REPORTER WHY DECADES LATER SHE
THINKS REFORM STILL HASN'T GONE
FAR ENOUGH.
SHE WAS VERY PASSIONATE
ABOUT SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES.
Reporter: VITA SIEGEL IS ONE
OF FEW PEOPLE WHO REMEMBERS
BARBARA SCHNEIDER AND KNEW HER
WELL.
SHE WAS A LOT OF SWEETNESS
ABOUT HER A LOT OF THE TIME.
A LOT OF DIFFICULTIES TOO.
STARTER SCHNEIDER WAS A LOCAL
ACTIVIST.
HER LAST STRUGGLE WITH BIPOLAR
DISORDER HAPPEN ON JUNE 12,
2000.
HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT AS AND
FRANK'S BIRTHDAY.
SIEGEL WAS DRIVING ON THE
HIGHWAY WHEN SHE PUT ON THE
RADIO ABOUT A FATAL POLICE
SHOOTING AT 31st AND HENNEPIN.
IT'S HARD KNOWING 20 YEARS
HAVE PASSED.
Reporter: RETIRED OFFICER
SARAH SEVERAL OF ONE OF TWO
OFFICERS TO KILL SCHNEIDER.
SHE STAYED SILENT ABOUT THAT
DAY FOR YEARS.
OVERTIME HAD TO TELL THE
STORY.
Reporter: IT STARTED AS A
COMPLAINT ABOUT LOUD MUSIC.
SCHNEIDER WAS MENTALLY ILL.
THE WRITING ON THE WALLS WAS
ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST AND THE .
REPETITIVE SENTENCES.
THE COLLAR URGED POLICE TO
CONTACT A CARETAKER FIRST.
NONE OF THE RESPONDING OFFICERS
GOT THE MESSAGE.
AFTER SEVERAL MISCOMMUNICATIONS
THEY OPEN SCHNEIDER'S BEDROOM
DOOR AND SAW HER STANDING THERE
HOLDING A KNIFE.
HER BEDROOM DOOR OPEN AND
THAT'S ALL IT TOOK.
10 SHOTS TOTAL.
FOR FROM ZARRELLA.
SNYDERS BROTHER SUED.
ROSE A HUGE ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
THAT SOMETHING NEEDED TO CHANGE.
Reporter: ONE PSYCHOLOGIST
HAS STUDIED THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN TRAUMA AND VIOLENCE FOR
MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
MANY WOK FOLKS HAD BEEN
VICTIMS, BECAUSE SHE WAS A
WHITE WOMAN IT TURNED UP THE
VOLUME ON THE MENTAL ILLNESS.
IT HELP START MINNESOTA'S
CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM.
WHICH OFFERS A 40 HOUR COURSE
AND ROLE-PLAYING TO GET
OFFICERS TO EMPATHIZE WITH
MENTAL ILLNESSES.
SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE SCHNEIDER
SHOOTING SHE HELPED A MEDICAL
EXAMINER CLEAN UP AFTER A
SUICIDE.
THREE MONTHS BEFORE AN EIGHT
DAY OLD BABY DIED IN HER ARMS.
ZARRELLA RETIRED IN 2003.
AT 30 YEARS OLD.
ZARRELLA GOT HOSPITALIZED AND
GOT THEIR P. TO THIS DAY,
PARTICULARLY AT THIS TIME SHE
IS ADAMANT THAT THE REPEATED
TRAUMA OFFICERS ENDURE ON
MENTAL HEALTH CALLS PRESENT
PREVENT THEM FROM HANDLING
OTHER CALLS WITH HUMANITY.
I WILL NEVER EXPECT
FORGIVENESS.
FOR WHAT I DID.
MY ACTIONS HARMED A LOT OF
PEOPLE.
WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR IS
CONCRETE CHANGES.
TAKE POLICE OUT THE MENTAL
HEALTH COMMUNITY.
THEY ARE CRIMINALIZING AND
CONTINUE TO CRIMINALIZE MENTAL
ILLNESS.
AMONG THE THINGS THAT HAS
CHANGES MINNEAPOLIS POLICE HAS
A WELLNESS UNIT THAT