And another article, link below, states that when she was arrested for the prior crimes she was deemed "... a danger to the victim, the community, or another person ..."
I haven't yet found out who the judge for the prior crimes was, but he/she has the blood of this young paramedic on their hands. The only thing I can find as yet is that it was the Clay County (Kansas, MS) Prosecutor's office.
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NOW she's got a bond of $1M set for her release. Cold comfort for the family of the young man she murdered just two days after her prior release.
Mental institutions and arming paramedics with at least tasers would really help. Where did the asylums go? A lot of blame belongs to the mental health profession. They’re prescribing drugs that have disastrous effects on people’s brains. Edit to add-this is in addition, of course, to straightening out the judicial system.
Lack of communication didn't help either. This one should have been flagged as dangerous, police called before putting her in the ambulance and restrained (strapped in) after she was, most likely, tased by the cop and that info related to the receiving hospital. I'm not sure paramedics, like doctors, would be predisposed to zapping a violent patient, but maybe if we have any anons with experience in this arena they could weigh in.
I thought I'd heard (rumors?) that Reagan closed many of the asylums, will have to check on that. (See edit, below). I'm under the impression, though I might be wrong, that a larger number of mentally ill individuals are violent than in past years. It seems people are "snapping" at the slightest (imaginary/perceived or real) provocation.
As to your point about (medical) drugs, they're giving them to children at young ages and it's devastating them afaict. Then the fentanyl and whatever else those on the slippery slope to addiction are using. We have SO much to fix in this country. May God give us all strength to get through this with as few people lost as is possible.
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Edit -- Jimmy Carter, in 1980, signed in the Mental Health Systems Act to help fund asylums. It was the demonrats, who controlled both Houses at the time of the repeal, who repealed the act just one year later during President Ronald Reagan's term. PRR did sign this repeal as it was, according to the demonrats, the will of their constituents.
You’re spot on. Thank you for the dig on where the asylums went. We need God’s help because, as you said, we have so much to fix. It all starts with coming back to our Lord, repenting and He will heal our land. We have a lot of work to do.
We had plenty of Mental Asylums and institutions at one point. And the ability to easily confine people. But “Well intentioned” activists at least in part are responsible for their closure. Both Right and Left. And the State saw an opportunity to get a net drain on resources off their balance sheets and seized it.
The lefties attacked it from Empathy and post WW2 psychology. The right attacked from the perspective of the Constitution.
It was also right about the time people started getting exceptionally paranoid about Government powers. And naturally saw the ability of the Government or the ability of Families to confine people as a stepping stone that could easily become a hazard to the rights of those who were still mentally sound.
Combined that with a few well timed horror stories about the more poorly run and staffed institutions. The frankly brutish nature of what passed for mental healthcare at the time. And the stories of people who were confined by family for selfish reasons.
Initial visions for what was supposed to replace Asylums a ‘decentralized’ community focused model with small care facilities near families would be better for overall treatment rates.
And to their credit it did help some of the less severe cases. But it ran face first into reality. As the money rapidly dried up when activists stopped being interested. Because mission accomplished for the activists they closed those big scary asylums. And greatly restricted the ability of both families and Government to forcibly confine people.
And it turned out the community focused models were poorly suited to deal with the paranoids and violent cases. As surprise, surprise there is a reason some of those large institutions more resembled fortified prisons.
Now Americas mentally ill had nowhere to go. In many cases their families couldn’t care for them even if they wanted to. And so they end up on the streets. With many turning to hard drugs or booze in attempts to self-medicate. Or drown their sorrows. Or they encounter Law Enforcement and Private Security. Who at most get a spark notes tutorial on dealing with nutcases and end up either in prisons or dead.
And what institutions are left are often not particularly well-funded, poorly staffed with high turnover, and can’t actually hold people as long as they may need. Because demand for space is so high, and there are laws now that prevent holding people without jumping through a billion hoops. Even if said person could potentially be a risk to others.
Animals belong in cages.
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Rest in peace, Mr Graham Hoffman, and may God give your family and other loved ones peace and comfort during this time of tragic loss and grief. 🙏✝️
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=92bmnZHWgyM
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And another article, link below, states that when she was arrested for the prior crimes she was deemed "... a danger to the victim, the community, or another person ..."
https://www.kmbc.com/article/woman-charged-in-kansas-city-firefighter-paramedics-death-makes-first-court-appearance/64612825
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I haven't yet found out who the judge for the prior crimes was, but he/she has the blood of this young paramedic on their hands. The only thing I can find as yet is that it was the Clay County (Kansas, MS) Prosecutor's office.
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NOW she's got a bond of $1M set for her release. Cold comfort for the family of the young man she murdered just two days after her prior release.
https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/investigations/woman-charged-in-deadly-stabbing-of-kansas-city-paramedic-previously-bit-police-officer
Mental institutions and arming paramedics with at least tasers would really help. Where did the asylums go? A lot of blame belongs to the mental health profession. They’re prescribing drugs that have disastrous effects on people’s brains. Edit to add-this is in addition, of course, to straightening out the judicial system.
Lack of communication didn't help either. This one should have been flagged as dangerous, police called before putting her in the ambulance and restrained (strapped in) after she was, most likely, tased by the cop and that info related to the receiving hospital. I'm not sure paramedics, like doctors, would be predisposed to zapping a violent patient, but maybe if we have any anons with experience in this arena they could weigh in.
I thought I'd heard (rumors?) that Reagan closed many of the asylums, will have to check on that. (See edit, below). I'm under the impression, though I might be wrong, that a larger number of mentally ill individuals are violent than in past years. It seems people are "snapping" at the slightest (imaginary/perceived or real) provocation.
As to your point about (medical) drugs, they're giving them to children at young ages and it's devastating them afaict. Then the fentanyl and whatever else those on the slippery slope to addiction are using. We have SO much to fix in this country. May God give us all strength to get through this with as few people lost as is possible.
.
Edit -- Jimmy Carter, in 1980, signed in the Mental Health Systems Act to help fund asylums. It was the demonrats, who controlled both Houses at the time of the repeal, who repealed the act just one year later during President Ronald Reagan's term. PRR did sign this repeal as it was, according to the demonrats, the will of their constituents.
https://www.toacorn.com/articles/reagan-didnt-close-institutions/
You’re spot on. Thank you for the dig on where the asylums went. We need God’s help because, as you said, we have so much to fix. It all starts with coming back to our Lord, repenting and He will heal our land. We have a lot of work to do.
Amen. 🙏✝️
Need a place to ship off the violent loonies asap.
There's a bunch of countries in Europe that seem really into welcoming new people.
We had plenty of Mental Asylums and institutions at one point. And the ability to easily confine people. But “Well intentioned” activists at least in part are responsible for their closure. Both Right and Left. And the State saw an opportunity to get a net drain on resources off their balance sheets and seized it.
The lefties attacked it from Empathy and post WW2 psychology. The right attacked from the perspective of the Constitution.
It was also right about the time people started getting exceptionally paranoid about Government powers. And naturally saw the ability of the Government or the ability of Families to confine people as a stepping stone that could easily become a hazard to the rights of those who were still mentally sound.
Combined that with a few well timed horror stories about the more poorly run and staffed institutions. The frankly brutish nature of what passed for mental healthcare at the time. And the stories of people who were confined by family for selfish reasons.
Initial visions for what was supposed to replace Asylums a ‘decentralized’ community focused model with small care facilities near families would be better for overall treatment rates.
And to their credit it did help some of the less severe cases. But it ran face first into reality. As the money rapidly dried up when activists stopped being interested. Because mission accomplished for the activists they closed those big scary asylums. And greatly restricted the ability of both families and Government to forcibly confine people.
And it turned out the community focused models were poorly suited to deal with the paranoids and violent cases. As surprise, surprise there is a reason some of those large institutions more resembled fortified prisons.
Now Americas mentally ill had nowhere to go. In many cases their families couldn’t care for them even if they wanted to. And so they end up on the streets. With many turning to hard drugs or booze in attempts to self-medicate. Or drown their sorrows. Or they encounter Law Enforcement and Private Security. Who at most get a spark notes tutorial on dealing with nutcases and end up either in prisons or dead.
And what institutions are left are often not particularly well-funded, poorly staffed with high turnover, and can’t actually hold people as long as they may need. Because demand for space is so high, and there are laws now that prevent holding people without jumping through a billion hoops. Even if said person could potentially be a risk to others.