What planet do you live on? |
Again, we do not know if she was acting erratically in the presence of EMT. She could have been compliant the entire time then suddenly took off. One person simply saying another is acting erratically, if they are following directions in the presence of EMT during the brief 30 min assessment and transport, is not sufficient for involuntary psych hold, legally. |
Can you even imagine the abuse if that were the standard?! I mean if I didn’t like someone I could call EMTs and claim that the person was acting erratically and wham! 24 hour hold. Want to prevent someone from interviewing for a job you want? Call EMTs and claim they were acting erratically. What to prevent your ex from getting remarried? Call EMTs and claim they were acting erratically. |
You are claiming the daughter was driving around a corpse? |
Her psychotic behavior didn’t come out of nowhere. A detailed history from her family plus what must have been disordered thinking/behavior that triggered the call, should have been enough to hold her. If not the law should change. |
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Oh. DC gets an “F” grade on its involuntary commitment law: https://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/grading-the-states.pdf
Of particular relevance here is that DC has no criteria for psychiatric deterioration; just that the person must be at risk of “injuring” themselves or others. Obviously the law needs to be changed so we can protect people in exactly these kinds of circumstances. If family calls 911 because a family member is ranting and raving, then the person should be hospitalized for at least 2 days. Defending the rights of people to have untreated psychotic breaks is really losing the plot. |
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I'm probably the only person on this thread who has actually worked inpatient psych at a **DC hospital**
Everyone listen up: because there aren't enough beds in DC, ever, the threshold for actually holding someone in practice is impossible to meet. Very easy to 1. confirm there are no beds in your hospital, then 2. check the system and confirm there are no beds at this moment in neighboring DC hospital then 3. have the on call psych do a consult and conclude that a hold is not warranted then 4. have the person hang around the ED with a 1:1 sitter for a while, in the event a bed opens up somewhere and another psych on-call consult is done. Eventually, after making everyone's life hell while lounging on a gurney for hours ... the drugs wear off and/or the person is clear enough to state they aren't a danger to themselves or others and off they go into the world. The multiple ppl on this thread who think that intoxicated people get a FD 12 hold just because their parents tell the ED staff they desire one are clueless. |
| If a white did this, she would be held pre-trial, she would be prosecuted to the full extent of the law and she would go to jail for a long time. That is how a civilized society handles violent criminal conduct. Bc a black did this, an entirely different process will unfold and she may well serve no time. All that does is incentivize violent criminal conduct and endanger the lives of everyone in the community. We are destroying society lowering the standards that are expected of blacks- time after time, if the blacks cannot meet the standard set by the community, that standard is lowered more. We are devolving. |
And they would comb the white person's social media to see if they ever said anything that could get them to charge a hate crime. |
News Channel 4. Google it. |
Yes it was intentional. Your false narrative is pure spin. |
A white person who did this would face capital punishment or life in prison in states without capital punishment. |
Apparently she ran away before any of that could happen. Even the 1:1 in the ER for a while might have been beneficial. |
The decedent died before Kayla ever took the car. For that reason she cannot be guilty of murder or kidnapping. You can’t murder a dead person. Even the US Attorney acknowledged this. That’s why they dropped the murder and kidnapping charge. |
there’s zero proof of that |