You are working from false assumptions, specifically the idea that motivation smothers mental state. Crazy people have motivations, they’re just obscured from the rest of us. Meanwhile, you’re the one banging the race drum. Stop.
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His violence was only random to external viewing. He has needed help for years but as a society we’ve chosen punishment as the universal response.
You mean the one in Jackson Heights? Seriously, give it up, she’s waayyyy out of your league.
That’s literally what this entire article and conversation are about, their batshit response to a minor transgression.
She’s out of your league. Just accept it and move on.
Has everyone already forgotten the previous story on this? This guy has a history of mental disturbance that went unaddressed because we use the police for everything. He belongs in a locked ward.
On what planet do you send six security goons to check someone’s ID? It what universe are they justified in putting their hands on him?
In this case, no.
Picture perfect example of how closing mental health and throwing the problem to the justice system eventually fails everyone. Police and courts are not equipped to handle persistent cognitive disorders and they just put this guy through a revolving door until, well, this. Now a 5 y/o kid may be crippled if he’s not…
Black man. Utah.
Police sure love some surveillance.
Yet another “fucking white people” story. It’s almost like they do this shit on purpose...
Yet another of these so-called feel good stories that are really horrific indictments of the american system.
Yes, a slave state enforcement militia.
That’s basically an iphone, man. Is that worth a year in jail and loss of voting rights?
Well, she is white, after all...
You’re still upset because...?
Obama made the right decision but this judge is completely off the rails, there is no legal justification for this decision. Only congress can make law but an executive order is an administrative finding which can be withdrawn by the succeeding executive. No matter what Obama intended it lacks the force of law made by…
You don’t need a hospital for this, any competent MD with a few medical assistants can handle this. Hell, in much of latin america a pharmacist can prescribe
Individual accountability works so long as we are dealing with isolated and unlike incidents. When members of an organization do the same thing, repeatedly, consistently, and predictably, we are seeing policy in action, not misbehavior. You are right that it’s a toxic culture which drives out (or sometimes kills)…