Homeless(?) young guy who hangs out at Turtle Park?

[Anonymous]

Has anyone else noticed this guy? Young, seems dazed. I often see him sleeping on the hill by the baseball fields or at a picnic table near the playground. I once saw him asleep on the ground near the playground in the middle of the day. He wanders around the neighborhood a lot.

Any advice on what to do (if anything)? He seems like he needs help. Who do you even call? He doesn’t seem to be harassing anyone but it’s very odd (and sad).

[Anonymous]

He’s most likely an addict. You can try calling a police non-emergency number but the chances of them doing anything helpful are about 1%.

[Anonymous]

His parents live in the neighborhood. He has a cell phone he often plugs in while he’s sleeping. He also pulls out his private parts to pee while children are at the park.

Cops have been called. They’re aware of him. Social services too. It’s been going on for years.

[Anonymous]

The poor parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:His parents live in the neighborhood. He has a cell phone he often plugs in while he’s sleeping. He also pulls out his private parts to pee while children are at the park.

Cops have been called. They’re aware of him. Social services too. It’s been going on for years.

Does the park have a restroom? Maybe you should advocate for a proper restroom if you are so concerned about a penis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He’s most likely an addict. You can try calling a police non-emergency number but the chances of them doing anything helpful are about 1%.

Could be an addict. Could be a sexual predator.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The poor parents.

Who probably either caused some of his issues or isn’t getting him proper help?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He’s most likely an addict. You can try calling a police non-emergency number but the chances of them doing anything helpful are about 1%.

Could be an addict. Could be a sexual predator.

In any event, would everyone be better off if he would go to a shelter, where there is at least a chance he could access the resources to help him?

No one is benefiting from him living in the park.

[Anonymous]

He can’t just be rounded up and sent to a shelter or mental health facility against his will. Like everyone else, he has rights. And labeling him an addict or predator is unfair, slanderous and very Karenish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The poor parents.

Who probably either caused some of his issues or isn’t getting him proper help?

Damn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The poor parents.

Who probably either caused some of his issues or isn’t getting him proper help?

Damn.

Damn what? If he’s mentally ill and always has been, then he’s their responsibility forever. If he had non-functioning autism or Down Syndrome, you’d agree. But since it’s “just” schizophrenia or some other brain disorder it’s fine, let your kid live on the street?

And yes, most drug addicts are enabled by parents somehow. This one charges the cell phone they most likely pay for, at their house. Get him some help!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He can’t just be rounded up and sent to a shelter or mental health facility against his will. Like everyone else, he has rights. And labeling him an addict or predator is unfair, slanderous and very Karenish.

You most certainly CAN petition to have those rights in regards to someone who lacks the mental facilities to take care of themselves and their own mental health.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He can’t just be rounded up and sent to a shelter or mental health facility against his will. Like everyone else, he has rights. And labeling him an addict or predator is unfair, slanderous and very Karenish.

You most certainly CAN petition to have those rights in regards to someone who lacks the mental facilities to take care of themselves and their own mental health.

Sure, you can petition to be a guardian but you can’t force treatment. And you certainly can’t commit someone involuntarily for mental health treatment without going through a lengthy process to show that a mentally ill person is a danger to himself or others. Roaming around the neighborhood and sleeping at the park doesn’t qualify.

[Anonymous]

It couldn’t be more obvious that OP’s real concern - and the concern of many other posters living in Upper Caucasia - isn’t the mental health or “sad” condition of the “poor young man.” It’s that they don’t want him in the park near their precious children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It couldn’t be more obvious that OP’s real concern - and the concern of many other posters living in Upper Caucasia - isn’t the mental health or “sad” condition of the “poor young man.” It’s that they don’t want him in the park near their precious children.

What does it say about you that you think it’s more than acceptable for a human being with clear mental challenges to live in a park, peeing in bushes? People care more about homeless dogs than people and it’s truly disgusting.