Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This was my neighborhood.
I think this is a failure of our crappy mental health system vs the rise of political violence narrative. It is unfortunate that he went after our congressman’s staff, but I don’t believe political agenda was a reason.
He has schizophrenia - jail isn’t the right place for that. But we have gone too far with Deinstitutionalization for this guy to be in the care of an aging father. Word is the father was trying to get him into a facility.
If he is chasing women with bats while they scream for their lives then he does, in fact, belong in jail.
+100
Descano’s office wouldn’t prosecute this guy for previous assaults on law enforcement, but this offender should get a break from society for chasing neighbors around with bats.
As George Costanza once said, “You know, we are living in a society! We are supposed to act in a civilized way!”