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monodescarado t1_ira09c1 wrote

While the focus in this incident will end up being how many shots the police fired at a man with a knife, the real focus should be this:

> “In March of 2020, he stabbed two family members, a sister…he stabbed her in both her neck and her hand," Graveline said at the news conference. "As well as a brother in the top of his head as the brother came to defend the sister."

> “What we have found unfortunately is a system that has failed Mr. Burks on several different occasions," Graveline said. "That schizophrenia manifested itself into violent behavior. We have seen a pattern of him being brought to psychological services and being released and not being followed up with taking his medication."

America, get your shit together. Stop voting for people who reject bills aimed at helping people with mental health problems… and also train your police better.

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SkunkMonkey t1_ira34zs wrote

The problem is that health and mental care in this country is treated as a commodity to generate profits. None of it is designed to actually heal people. The fact that some people are healed is a side-effect.

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dprophet32 t1_ira560u wrote

Everything in America is treated as a commodity to generate profits. Mental health, physical health, rehabilitation and the legal system, infrastructure, teaching etc.

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kslusherplantman t1_ira2bfk wrote

Oh but Greg Abbott just told us in his debate with Beto that mental health access will stop gun violence.

All the while making Texas the worst state for mental health care access.

Hmm…

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mf_doomerville t1_ira25uz wrote

We’re fucked in America. There’s no coming back from the hole we’ve dug ourselves into. Most we can do now is protect ourselves and watch the country collapse.

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