Submitted by Darth_Monkey t3_111dn7v in nyc
PandaJ108 t1_j8eiamf wrote
“The suspect is a 62-year-old Weng Sor homeless man and may have been living in the U-Haul truck, according to police.”
Article recently updated with the info above.
k1lk1 t1_j8f50n4 wrote
Likely this is a stolen truck then?
So probably yet another entirely senseless tragedy that could have been prevented if we ever just cracked down on lawless behavior, and got mentally ill vagrants psychiatric help.
ctannr t1_j8h114x wrote
maybe not stolen, uhauls are dirt cheap and actually kinda make sense for a homeless person who is not totally destitute when it comes to money
MarquisEXB t1_j8j3zwx wrote
Agree that we need to take real action to curb homelessness and help the mentally ill. Addressing homelessness is usually done by creating free/inexpensive housing. The latter would be solved with true government available healthcare.
The problem with implementing either is a sizeable percentage of the population won't tolerate people getting stuff for free, and will vociferous oppose and vote against their tax money going to "moochers". The "they bought filet mignon with food stamps" style memes would be everywhere.
So we'll probably end up doing what we always do. Give more money to cops and hope they can sort it out. (Hint: At $11B, it's the most expensive PD in the country, and they are not equipped to solve homelessness.)
DifficultyNext7666 t1_j8jlk4o wrote
I mean i think the big pushback is everyone seeing how fucking bad NYCHA buildings are treated by the people that live there
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SSG_SSG_BloodMoon t1_j8f827z wrote
> and got mentally ill vagrants psychiatric help.
... By force? Is that what you mean? Dude had no priors
k1lk1 t1_j8f8lvz wrote
Yes he does. Stabbed his brother in 2015. Arrested repeatedly.
SSG_SSG_BloodMoon t1_j8f97sx wrote
Welp. Sorry, earlier reporting.
Oddly blase reaction from the son. Says his dad does "very frequently [does] something like this". Maybe he gave the interview before reading the news
k1lk1 t1_j8fbeb4 wrote
The transcription of his words may not have conveyed the sadness or anger. Also it sounds like the son is mostly estranged from the father.
PandaJ108 t1_j8grae6 wrote
Great, a mentally ill individual with a documented history of violence is now responsible for killing someone. It seems this country is incapable of dealing with violent mentally ill people prior to them killing someone.
boxer_dogs_dance t1_j8gv6dg wrote
The history of the end of long term inpatient options for most patients is well documented. The abuses in the bad old days were real and horrific, but proposed replacement care for closed institutions was never implemented or budgeted for. Police, social workers, medical staff all have fewer options than they need to solve the problem until someone earns a lock down space in a hospital for the criminally insane by doing something like this. Everyone with a stake in city life should be doing what they can to hold government feet to the fire to change things and make inpatient care available earlier and more often. Just my two cents, but you are right. We are currently handling this issue wrong across the country.
ICantThinkOfANameBud t1_j8i0ugd wrote
As someone who has been medicated by force, it doesn't hold up for long. You get medicated, a 2-6 week stay in a psych ward, and then you're out. They set up appointments and stuff for you to continue care, but no one checks to make sure that you go to them. I would get out and go off of my medication immediately, just to end up back a week or two later.
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JoeWhy2 t1_j8fxncm wrote
His name.
theexpertgamer1 t1_j8g1fd6 wrote
That doesn’t make sense. Reading the sentence as written, it can’t be his name. It’s used as an adjective
JoeWhy2 t1_j8g7wu4 wrote
I never said that it makes sense. But the man's name is Weng Sor.
Oo0o8o0oO t1_j8g9m9b wrote
Everybody have fun tonight.
Everybody Weng Sor tonight.
lafayette0508 t1_j8gdb8w wrote
I don't why the guy asking is getting downvoted so much, it doesn't make sense the way it's quoted in the OP comment here. And you're right, the name is no longer in this article. But from other searching, it does seem it's his name.
AnacharsisIV t1_j8fy0vv wrote
I searched the article and didn't see his name printed.
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