Vegetable-Language45 t1_jawxgcb wrote on March 4, 2023 at 6:30 PM

Reply to comment by Maldonian in Concord Woman Accused Of Stabbing Man In Tilton: Superior Court Roundup by paythemanhismoney

"I watched this young woman grow up. Her dad died while she was in utero, her mom spent the next couple years severely depressed. Five or six years later mom remarried, it seemed life was back on track until that day when stepdad backed over Timiah's brother, an accident that took his life. Timiah watched in horror from ten feet away, she could never talk about it. Soon after that she watched her world crumble and the family disintegrate, they lost their home, step dad left the family and mom turned to drugs because she could no longer cope with life's chalanges. This girl followed. Not making excuses for her, and I'm sorry for the pain she has caused so many! Just trying to add insight as to why this girl is so broken. Unfortunately, because we do not have the wisdom to help her, she will spend many years in prison. A place where all of us, including Broken Timiah will be safer. Just saying"

A comment from the article you linked.

We desperately need reform, no child could witness that and be ok.

This woman needs intensive psychiatric care, not prison, where her mental health will almost certainly deteriorate, worse than it already is.

The mental health system in New Hampshire is abysmal at best, though.

Just really sad.

Yes, the system absolutely failed her.

ETA:

Show at least some compassion, the comments on concord patch lead me to believe that a lot would willingly sign up to open the valve.

The reason concord in particular has such an issue is that NHH and the prison are located there, and there is absolutely zero aftercare.

Housing prices are through the roof, and there is practically no units, even if you can afford it.

And people ask "why is this such an issue"?

NIMBY's

Edit 2: No, I don't know her

Edit 3:

Live Free Or Die, my ass

LoTearGod t1_jayd55w wrote on March 5, 2023 at 12:43 AM

I agree. Writing laws don't really matter when the people that are in charge of protecting said rights and laws huff gasoline.

You can be the freeset country on planet Earth but if the people are absolutely retarded with no sense of right or wrong... Well you get stories like this. When people don't want to look out for each other you get crackheads cause there's some serious cognitive dissonance between American exceptionalism and what happens in the day to day of peoples lives.

Vegetable-Language45 t1_jayfaxf wrote on March 5, 2023 at 1:01 AM

This is why harm reduction is so important

LoTearGod t1_jayyhqw wrote on March 5, 2023 at 3:43 AM

I'd argue it requires a reform of an entire culture to adapt to the circumstances.

Harm reduction is nice(trying anything at this point would be a significant improvement) sure but it's about changing the way that people think and improving the situation so shit like this doesn't happen in the first place(people don't feel loyalty nor respect for each other in this country). Shit maybe make better for people to move up with jobs, infrastructure, adding back shop, civic's and firearms training classes. Anything to can get people in this country to care for their fellow man for more than 5 seconds.

Vegetable-Language45 t1_jazkewr wrote on March 5, 2023 at 7:33 AM

Well said.

Reducing recidivism rates is actually a smart investment, I'd argue if, you truly want to decrease crime that is directly caused by desperate people in desperate need, eliminating that desperation would pay dividends.

But, something something socialism.

Ideas are more powerful than any rifle.

Show some compassion.