Tag: mental health

Getting a Head with MAGA

In the footage, Mohn claims he is the commander of America’s network of militias as he rants against migrants, the Biden administration, the LBGTQ community, Black Lives Matter and “far-left woke mobs,” while calling for the slaughter and public execution of FBI agents, IRS employees, US Marshals, federal judges, border control officers and more “for betraying their country.” [More]

Chris and Merrick say “Finally! Now why couldn’t he have used an AR…?

Tell me everybody who knew him didn’t know he was delusional and dangerous.

I wonder how long it’s been since he stopped identifying as a Democrat…?

Who Will Judge the Judges?

The public defender’s office also filed a motion explaining that Bouzy’s mother tried to get her son mental health treatment but failed. They say the mother tried to Baker Act Bouzy days before he hit deputies, but for some reason, the court rejected his mother’s request twice. Before that, there were 15 Baker Act proceedings in his criminal record that his lawyers point to as evidence of his mental illness. [More]

But…but…but licensing. Registration…

I was going to say anyone who can’t be trusted with a car, but it looks like we also need to add “with a gavel”…

[Via Edmund M]

A River in Egypt

JAMES WAS ARRESTED IN JANUARY 2022 FOR THREE MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT CHARGES. THE VICTIM’S BELIEVED TO BE HIS PARENTS AND A SIBLING. THE FAMILY STATED THAT JAMES DOES NOT BELONG IN JAIL. [More]

That’s one hell of a tightrope to walk, weighing familial love and guilt against denial, justifiably fearing police overreactions, and ensuring due process-respecting interventions.

There oughta be a law.

[Via Jess]

We’re the Only Ones Unbelievable Enough

The family of a man who was shot and killed by police while under an active court order for involuntary mental health treatment has sued the systems and individuals they believe were responsible for their son’s death. [More]

It doesn’t matter what the family believes. The police WERE responsible for their son’s death.

What a cluster from the word “Go.”

[Via Mack H]

Comment Update from Mack H

David, I Wanted to discuss this a little bit further. The video has a segment on the family that does not show up in the article, so perhaps you missed it. Be sure and watch the video, starting around four minutes. The family says the officer shot their son six times. Does that seem right to you? Also, the CPD has a policy that all on duty officers have their body cameras active when Interacting with any person. So there has to be video of the officer shooting Byers with the hatchet. But the CPD refuses to release the video. CPD says “Ongoing investigation” – I say CYA.

A Presumption of Innocence

A FACTUAL FINDING OF “VIOLENT DANGEROUSNESS” is the Key to disarming a particular person due to mental illness or otherwise. This finding of “violent dangerousness” may only arise after a full blown trial, which is analogous to hearings/ trials associated with placing a person in a mental health institution via an involuntary civil commitment process. [More]

That’s what “full due process” means, something the Sentence Firsters can’t tolerate.

And, of course, disarming only has a chance in custodial environments.

Blood on Their Hands

The loudest voices politicizing this tragedy are those who attempted to derail vital public services for the severely mentally ill. [More]

They’re also the loudest voices against “the law” and for disarming the rest of us.

[Via Michael G]

UPDATE

Young American men will be taught the hard way that selflessness, courage, and their masculine instincts will get them 20 to life in prison. [More]

And thanks to “progressives,” everyone loses!

[Via bondmen]

We’re the Only Ones Conveying Enough

Col. James Cockrell, commissioner of the Alaska Department of Public Safety, said he has personally apologized to Colony High Principal Mary Fulp after troopers took her in for a mental health evaluation without her consent last Wednesday evening while the incident was livestreamed on her Facebook page. Cockrell said troopers believed there was a court order requiring them to do so, but the Alaska Court System has since confirmed that no such order was ever issued. [More]

Funny things can happen when “Only Ones” are acting on assumptions…

[Via Michael G]

McConnell Instruction to Cornyn Hints Where GOP May ‘Compromise’ on Guns

The devil being in the details, “due process” can mean different things, with not all “hearings” providing the same legal safeguards as a jury trial. And that raises questions of concern that haven’t been spelled out. [More]

Anybody who thinks that this squares with “Shall not be infringed” is nuts.

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