smokey
2A TEACHER
- Jan 31, 2008
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And I'm tired of incidents like this:
http://abc7ny.com/news/woman-arrested-in-fatal-push-onto-subway-tracks-in-times-square/1594303/
Why are you defending these people? At best, they're annoying and disruptive, at worst, they're violent and dangerous.
The 49-year-old female victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The woman suspected of doing the pushing was taken into custody after several people who witnessed the incident flagged down officers.
Police arrested 30-year-old Melanie Liverpool of Queens. She now faces a charge of second degree murder
Since a crime was committed, the criminal that committed the crime is now going to face charges for second degree murder. This is how the system works. Perhaps a crime would not have been committed if the person that committed it had more access to mental healthcare and less stigma attached to the mental condition.
You've already been shown that the rates of crime of those with mental illness are pretty much proportional to their rate in the population. Do you think any demographic group with a much higher rate of violent crime should be involuntarily incarcerated? I can immediately think of a demographic group that's 8 times more likely to commit homicides than other groups and wonder how your argument would apply in that case.