Boston followed through with that idea and recently sent out a mental health clinician to deal with a violent criminal swinging a sword. She was injured, and police shot and killed the man. [More]
Looks like even the crazy guy was p!$$ed off by the bull$#!+.
[Via Michael G]
Is the photo the clinician, or Boston’s Mayor Wu? Because if they sent out somebody I mistook for Michelle Wu to sweet-talk me, I might come out swinging myself.
Unfortunately, life is much harsher and messier than what is depicted in cartoons. The appropriate response to someone swinging a bladed weapon intent on inflicting bodily harm to whomever gets in their way is not men in white caps and coats equipped with butterfly nets.