Did this guy get what he deserved also?
http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...-kill-him.html
This isn't a question of mental illness - this is a question of a 6 ft 4 drunk, armed with a knife in a small confined space, being threatening.
That scenario regardless of whether the man was drunk or mentally ill (and FYI - being a recovering alcoholic isn't mental illness) is one in which the officers responsibilities (both to the victim, themselves, and the general public at large) necessitates that if the person doesn't disarm themselves or makes any threatening moves, that they shoot first ask questions later.
So yes - threaten people armed with assault rifles with a knife - don't complain when you get shot.
Physics; Thou art a cruel, heartless Bitch-of-a-Mistress
he got what he wanted at least ...
I'm sorry - but addiction is a mental illness ...
We do not know if he made threatening moves ... only the cops int eh room would know that and the story does not say he was threatening them ... he was only a threat it himself ... lying in bed in his own house he could not possibly be an immediate threat to the public ...
The family wanted mental health professionals to arrive - not armed cops ready to kill ...
"So if you meet me, have some sympathy, have some courtesy, have some taste ..."
Vehemently disagree: nowhere in either the dictionary definition or the wikipedia definition does it define Addiction as Mental Illness.
What did they expect if they call a help line and tell them that he is armed and threatening suicide/harm?!? Secondly why did they not talk to the officers before they went in the house?!?
Physics; Thou art a cruel, heartless Bitch-of-a-Mistress
I didn't think!!! I experimented!!!
The World health Organisation certainly defines it as a mental illness ... they now call it "dependency syndrome" ...
http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/t...efinition1/en/
If you call a help line in Godzone would you expert the Armed Offenders Squad to arrive fully equipped and ready to shoot?What did they expect if they call a help line and tell them that he is armed and threatening suicide/harm?!? Secondly why did they not talk to the officers before they went in the house?!?
Threatening suicide/self-harm does not mean that person posses a threat to anyone else .. the cops arreap to have given the family no time to talk - ordered themout of the house .. went into the bedroom ...
"So if you meet me, have some sympathy, have some courtesy, have some taste ..."
Sounds like the same team that arrested Osama.
I am of no delusion that at 6'4" I would get any different outcome in a country that arms it's cops.
Even here in little ok NZ you can see the fear whenever I get pulled for a breath test or similar. Cop on their back foot. Hand on their weapon if they have one.
Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.
Anyone remember the cunt that was buck naked and eating someone's face? Yeah, no doubt he was out of his normal mind. Doesn't mean you suspend duty to reduce public risk.
This whole mental health bullshit is irrelevant. I am not saying shoot first, ask questions later. I am saying if they shoot (or chew) first, we can ask questions later....
"It's hard to keep an open mind, when so many people are trying to put things in it"
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