Stefan Gingerich

Right. No, I think that's a good question. And I think that's one of the areas where um, identifying the intentionality behind any event, I think there's room for improvement. We need to get better at those things.

Right. No, I think that's a good question. And I think that's one of the areas where um, identifying the intentionality behind any event, I think there's room for improvement. We need to get better at those things.

Um, because like you said, the, the suicide by, um, police intervention, you know, people talking about, they're going to go intentionally, essentially pick a fight with police and, you know, they, they don't really seem to be, they don't have an intentionality behind it. They're just somewhat ambivalent as to whether they live or die from the interaction.

Um, because like you said, the, the suicide by, um, police intervention, you know, people talking about, they're going to go intentionally, essentially pick a fight with police and, you know, they, they don't really seem to be, they don't have an intentionality behind it. They're just somewhat ambivalent as to whether they live or die from the interaction.

You can see the similar sort of thing with just reckless behavior in general. And so you say there's gray area between intentional and unintentional. And that's one area where we do need to improve our ability to understand what's happening in these events. I think, you know, suicide rates have been increasing in most populations, if not all populations, particularly in Minnesota.

You can see the similar sort of thing with just reckless behavior in general. And so you say there's gray area between intentional and unintentional. And that's one area where we do need to improve our ability to understand what's happening in these events. I think, you know, suicide rates have been increasing in most populations, if not all populations, particularly in Minnesota.

And so when you talk about, you know, when you were younger and people didn't talk about suicide, there probably wasn't as much suicide around at the time, you know, 15, 20, 30 years ago. And that is maybe particularly true depending on which population we're talking about. But you're absolutely right.

And so when you talk about, you know, when you were younger and people didn't talk about suicide, there probably wasn't as much suicide around at the time, you know, 15, 20, 30 years ago. And that is maybe particularly true depending on which population we're talking about. But you're absolutely right.

I think, you know, with regard to violent deaths and firearms, every population is not affected the same way. And so in certain geographies, age groups, racial groups, homicide is a much more pressing and prevalent and present issue than suicide.

I think, you know, with regard to violent deaths and firearms, every population is not affected the same way. And so in certain geographies, age groups, racial groups, homicide is a much more pressing and prevalent and present issue than suicide.

Well, within that community, I think we need to look at things like historical traumas and lack of economic opportunities. Those are some of the key risk factors in those communities within the American Indian population in Minnesota. When we talk about risk factors, we also like to talk about protective factors because we're all going to face adversity, so we need to have resilience.

Well, within that community, I think we need to look at things like historical traumas and lack of economic opportunities. Those are some of the key risk factors in those communities within the American Indian population in Minnesota. When we talk about risk factors, we also like to talk about protective factors because we're all going to face adversity, so we need to have resilience.

We're all going to face hard times, so we need to have these support systems around us. We're doing work at the health department with the American Indian community to try and increase those protective factors, those resiliency factors. And it's slow work, it's difficult work, and it's definitely an area that we need to focus on.

We're all going to face hard times, so we need to have these support systems around us. We're doing work at the health department with the American Indian community to try and increase those protective factors, those resiliency factors. And it's slow work, it's difficult work, and it's definitely an area that we need to focus on.

On the other end of the sort of what you talked about from the perspective of the Black community in Minnesota, Officially, they do have the lowest suicide rate of the four or five major racial groups in Minnesota.

On the other end of the sort of what you talked about from the perspective of the Black community in Minnesota, Officially, they do have the lowest suicide rate of the four or five major racial groups in Minnesota.

When we have talked to members of the Black community, particularly in the Twin Cities area, they've talked about saying those numbers don't necessarily reflect what they feel is the reality.

When we have talked to members of the Black community, particularly in the Twin Cities area, they've talked about saying those numbers don't necessarily reflect what they feel is the reality.

And so this is another place where there are opportunities for better understanding of what's happening in given specific incidents because of the less common, less traditional mechanisms of suicide that they talk about, whether it's, you know,

And so this is another place where there are opportunities for better understanding of what's happening in given specific incidents because of the less common, less traditional mechanisms of suicide that they talk about, whether it's, you know,