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[quote=Anonymous]Lawrence Reed “allegedly slapping a social worker so hard that she was knocked out during an Aug. 19 assault inside the psychiatric ward of the MacNeal Hospital“ . . .

. . . and then was released into the community.

He knocked someone out, IN THE PSYCH WARD, and then was left to his own devices.

I challenge you to find anyone on any side of the political spectrum who would argue that was a good idea. But somehow it happened.

Probably the most memorable thing I’ve done all year was ride the Blue Line out to O’Hare at 5am. The 300lb transsexual seated beside me alternated alternated between extremely entertaining and extremely terrifying. I breathed a very deep sigh of relief when I got off that train. Next time I will take a Uber.

I’ve heard a lot of explanations as to why it’s not possible to involuntarily commit mentally ill folk to treatment centers (or whatever other euphemism you want to use). Some of those explanations reference Supreme Court decisions, others Reagan’s gutting of the Mental Health Systems Act.

We can argue about that all day, but what all of us should trying hard to understand is why it’s so damn hard to put together a political consensus to do that which everyone seems to be in agreement about.[/quote]

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