१० सप्टेंबर, २०२५

"We have to be vicious just like they are. It's the only thing they understand."


Said President Trump, about the murder of Iryna Zarutska on the train in Charlotte. Trump presents the problem of violence as straightforward, easy to solve quickly if we simply have the will to go hardcore into law and order, with none of the liberal complexity.


Is it really so complicated and intractable? WaPo urges readers to see "nuances" — basically the failure to deal with mental illness.
Charlotte’s Democratic Mayor Vi Lyles, in her initial statement, focused on Brown’s mental health afflictions and urged her constituents to do better for those in crisis. Brown’s sister, Tracey Brown, told CNN that he had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and suffered from hallucinations and paranoia. He attacked her in 2022, she told the outlet, but she ultimately dropped the charges out of concern for Brown’s mental health. 
“I want to be clear that I am not villainizing those who struggle with their mental health or those who are unhoused,” Lyles said in the statement. “Also, those who are unhoused are more frequently the victim of crimes and not the perpetrators. … We, as a community, must do better for those members of our community who need help and have no place to go.
Lyles later sent a letter to her community calling the stabbing the result of “a tragic failure by the courts and magistrates” and ordering a stronger police presence on the public transit system. The ire from the White House has centered in part around a magistrate judge’s decision to release Brown without cash bond in January after he was charged with “misuse of 911 system” — a misdemeanor for which a prison sentence would be highly unusual....

Police filed that charge after officers responded to a welfare call and Brown told them that “someone gave him a ‘man-made’ material that controlled when he ate, walked, talked, etc.” When officers told him there was nothing they could do, Brown “became upset” with the officers’ answers and called 911, according to the affidavit. By that point, Brown had a criminal history that included arrests for violent offenses, as well as property crimes and nonviolent offenses.
Court records indicate that several of his early charges — all misdemeanors, including a 2013 arrest for allegedly threatening a woman — were dismissed. In August 2014, Brown robbed a man at gunpoint at an apartment complex in the outskirts of Charlotte, records show. He pleaded guilty to robbery with a dangerous weapon and received a prison sentence of 73 to 100 months. He was released from state prison in September 2020.... 
Brown’s mother, in an interview last week with a local TV station, said that she.... wanted her son detained... a form of protection because “the system failed” to get him the help he had long needed. 

Is it really so complicated? Even if we feel empathy for him as a mentally ill person, don't we all see that he needed to be institutionalized?

“If you were able to lock up mentally ill people and throw away the key, there are all kinds of draconian things that could have been done,” said James E. Coleman Jr., a professor at Duke Law School....

I guess not.

९७ टिप्पण्या:

Mike (MJB Wolf) म्हणाले...

Maddening. Leftist works reveal the fruits of their Spirit. Rotten.

Mike (MJB Wolf) म्हणाले...

If he’d been properly charged and sentenced for his illegal gun charge the lady would be alive today. It’s dead simple.

wendybar म्हणाले...

Oh please. We all know if the races were reversed there would already be rioting, and the MSM would have been on it in the first 20 minutes, never letting up again.....WAPO and the rest of the garbage media are pathetic.

Leland म्हणाले...

The murderer’s own mother said he needed to be institutionalized before this happened.

Quaestor म्हणाले...

From Eric Daugherty on X: "It’s now been exposed that the Court Clerk for the courthouse that released Iryna Zarutska’s murderer was a 'DEI consultant' and 'racial equity organizer,' and the superior judge was 'DEI champion of the year.'"

Wince म्हणाले...

If the criminally insane faced long prison sentences maybe they would flee to other countries as "refugees" seeking asylum like all the criminally insane who entered the US under Biden?

Balfegor म्हणाले...

There's a lot of obstacles to mass institutionalisation of the criminally insane, but one big political obstacle is that the assessment is going to be made by psychologists, which is to say whackos like Bandy Lee, so I don't think we can have much confidence that the determination is going to be the outcome of a robust, apolitical process.

tim maguire म्हणाले...

Modern history is full of evidence that the violence problem is not intractable; it's not even that complicated.

Some people want to pretend it is because the required steps don't fit with their political/social program. They'd rather people suffer than fix problems. Or in the case of blue cities, a plurality would rather society decline and decay than vote Republican.

narciso म्हणाले...

yes R D Laing seems to haunt the therapeutic class,

Ronald J. Ward म्हणाले...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act cuts nearly a trillion dollars from Medicaid, the largest provider of mental health services. Every Democrat opposed it because they knew cuts like this make tragedies more likely, not less. If we’re serious about safety, we need stronger mental health care, not weaker.

Peachy म्हणाले...

Again- this all started with the purposeful dismantling of our Justice system with Soros money.
Radical pro-crime leftwing DA's were inserted all over the nation with Soros funds. This is a fact.
DEI hires were inserted into positions of power - and they have no experience. Their job - to release criminals.

The Democratic party is 100% corrupt. The Soros family must be dealt with- it is long past time.

Did y'all, like, see Idiot Jasmin Crocket(D)? y'all need to witness, like, the dumbest, like, idiot, in our government.
Y'all, like, she watches crime shows on the TeeVee and stuff - and like, she knows! Jasmin is like, smart and stuff.

"Law enforcement isn't [there] to prevent crime. Law enforcement solves crime. Okay?"

Peachy म्हणाले...

Ron Ward - We note you cannot stay on topic - and then spit out a known lie. bugger off.

john mosby म्हणाले...

RJW, yes, because before 1/20/2025, all these dangerous nut jobs were safely housed. It’s going to take more than giving the same money to the same grifters to fix this. RR, JSM

narciso म्हणाले...

Yeah rocket surgeon crockett, aspiring to the cynthia mckinney level of madness,

AMDG म्हणाले...

The frustrating thing is that we know how to handle it.

Broken windows - How much would subway crime be reduced if fare jumpers were vigorously prosecuted

Lazarus म्हणाले...

Where were the "nuances" when Reagan was blamed for closing the mental institutions?

Note the ambiguity in "Trump blames Democrats." Whether or not all Democrats are responsible for everything, the people responsible in this case largely were Democrats. That's a "nuance" WAPO probably doesn't mention.

Also, what to do about the mentally ill and homeless and what to do about the criminally insane are two different questions, and the answer to the second is a lot clearer and easier to find than the answer to the first.

narciso म्हणाले...

the Post is a garbage paper, no matter how many chimps Bezos fires,

narciso म्हणाले...

it took three chimps to put this thing together,

Peachy म्हणाले...

Again - ---> "It’s now been exposed that the Court Clerk for the courthouse that released Iryna Zarutska’s murderer was a “DEI consultant” and “racial equity organizer,” and the superior judge was “DEI champion of the year.”

the left: no no no - it's because of Trump's Big Beautiful bill.

Peachy म्हणाले...

The judge has zero experience.... other than - she is black.

minnesota farm guy म्हणाले...

I have never been a fan of the de-institutionalizing of the mentally ill. It is never the social scientists who advocate it that get hurt, but the innocent bystanders. In just the past year we have had many well publicized murders, and attempts, committed by those who are obviously mentally ill and in other times would have been in an institution for treatment. Many argue that it is cruel to do so. I ague that it is a lot more cruel for the parents of the kids in MPLS to bury their 8 year olds because some nut was let loose.

mccullough म्हणाले...

The guy was a fucking criminal. His family knew it. The state knew it. I’m tired of hearing mental health issues as an excuse for for criminal behavior.

hombre म्हणाले...

What’s the name of that place again? Oh yeah. El Salvador. The United States has the wealth to house its criminals and its mentally ill. It lacks the political will. If the Democrat elite could be enriched by incarcerating criminals, crime would disappear.

RCOCEAN II म्हणाले...

I think we really blew it with Trump in 2024. If only we'd gone with Pence or Christie. Sigh....

Paul म्हणाले...

I live in Texas... the land of CCW. Dallas as the DART line, pretty much 'public transportation' light rail. Quite legal to carry a gun with a LTC (license to carry.) We don't have those stabbings like in Charlotte. Why? You would be shot dead by SOMEBODY on the train. Just that simple.

Plus the area is mostly conservative.. If you stopped such a killer you wouldn't be sued by the family of the killer cause no jury would convict.

I pack a gun very very often... never needed it in the 30 years of CCW here in Texas. BUT... I still do carry one and I practice often for fun as well as skill building.

It's just a warning... if you want to murder people.. go up north to the Democrat run states... don't come to Texas cause we do shoot back.

tommyesq म्हणाले...

ordering a stronger police presence on the public transit system.

Bullshit. While that would be a good idea for many reasons, a policeman in that train car would have been completely unable to stop that attack - it was unprovoked and instantaneous. Go the Giuliani "Broken Windows" approach, it appears to have the most success.

gilbar म्हणाले...

here's a RADICAL Idea, that is JUST SO CRAZY, that it MIGHT WORK!

WHEN a person (whatever race/creed/color/sex/etc), has been convicted of MORE THAN 5 violent crimes..
do NOT let them run around free

https://x.com/cremieuxrecueil/status/1965504111589093875
A 5 strike law preventing people from leaving prison after that many violent crime convictions would reduce period violent crime by 40%

Three strikes would halve violent crime
Two strikes would remove ~two-thirds of violent crime

Paul म्हणाले...

Ronald J. Ward said...

Ward... Medicaid won't institutionalize people. That takes lawyers and doctors and Judges and DAs.. AND THEY ARE NOT DOING IT NOW... the nujob had been in and out of courts for many years before this 'Big Beautiful Bill'... duh...

It's the liberal mindset to let them go no matter whom they rob, rape, kill, terrorize.. and that is the problem.

Peachy म्हणाले...

In CO - a man with a history of brutally assaulting people - & who has just done it again in a parking lot in Greeley - (beating someone almost to death) was forced to be let out of jail because Colorado Democratics have re-written laws that are all PRO-Crime and PRO-Criminal. This is a fact.
Polis is out their lying again. He is a fraud and spinless elitist white boi.

Humperdink म्हणाले...

Built more jails. Fill them to the hilt with violent crooks. Leave 10% open for DEI judges.

Peachy म्हणाले...

Ron Ward proves what we all know about Hive-mind loyalist Democratics: They cannot face reality, and will dig for any bogus excuse they can fine. In unison. In lockstep.

tommyesq म्हणाले...

From Eric Daugherty on X: "It’s now been exposed that the Court Clerk for the courthouse that released Iryna Zarutska’s murderer was a 'DEI consultant' and 'racial equity organizer,' and the superior judge was 'DEI champion of the year.'"

It is worse than that, Questar - the judge, Stokes, is not a licensed attorney or a member of the North Carolina State Bar, and she has (at least in the past, and it appears but has not been confirmed currently) run an addiction and mental health clinic to which she refers criminals appearing before her rather than jail them.

A judge with a past in criminal and addiction recovery activism

Peachy म्हणाले...

"find." - not fine
and Medicare/caid cuts are an effort to rid the system of fraud, waste, and abuse and neglect regarding able-bodied people.
But as we know - pro-crime dems are also pro-tax payer waste.

n.n म्हणाले...

Brown is a lunatic by virtue of his transsocial choices that cannot be tolerated in a civilized state. #HateLovesAbortion

narciso म्हणाले...

not only do they want to wreck the country, but make it impossible to be fixed

Original Mike म्हणाले...

"The One Big Beautiful Bill Act cuts nearly a trillion dollars from Medicaid, the largest provider of mental health services. "

Decarlos Brown didn't need "mental health services". He needed to be locked up in order to protect the public.

But I'm sure Iryna Zarutska's family is comforted by the fact that the democrat's manipulated crime statistics are down.

n.n म्हणाले...

Another test case. Our daughters need not be sacrificed for social progress of special, peculiar, and Democratic interests.

Ronald J. Ward म्हणाले...

If we can rise above the rabbit hole, Brown’s repeated failures in the system weren’t caused by Democrats being ‘soft on crime’—they were largely due to untreated severe mental illness and gaps in the mental health and judicial system. Judges, lawyers, and DAs have limited tools when someone cycles in and out of courts without adequate treatment.

Cuts to Medicaid and other support programs—like those in the OBBBA—make it even harder for people with serious mental illness to get care, increasing risk for both themselves and the public. Real solutions aren’t just jails and stricter sentencing; they’re properly funding mental health treatment, ensuring consistent care, and improving oversight so the system actually works for those at risk.

narciso म्हणाले...

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/09/charlotte_s_crime_sanctuary_you_can_t_spell_violence_without_vi.html

Amadeus 48 म्हणाले...

Let me ask the unthinkable: what do they do in Europe, a large multiethnic continent with a wide and diverse population? Which countries, if any, institutionalize their crazies? Have they too defaulted to the fools' gold of "care in the community"? How is that working for them?

Amadeus 48 म्हणाले...

I am old enough to remember when states had asylums for the insane. They got eliminated by activist lawyers and the fallout from stories like One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Howard (not that Howard) म्हणाले...

Ronald, would you support the involuntary commitment of clearly mentally ill individuals? If not, you're just pushing for full employment of blue-haired nose-pierced people that took on too much college debt for their profession.

Peachy म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
n.n म्हणाले...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act cuts nearly a trillion dollars from Medicaid, the largest provider of mental health services."

Cut progressive price subsidies, not cost compensation, not services.

Peachy म्हणाले...

We also note that leftists do not care about the masses of illegal immigrants, let in by Crook Joe, and the hidden cruelty of illegal child sex trafficking that came with it.

Howard (not that Howard) म्हणाले...

Amadeus, I'm reminded of a vignette in Prague. While sitting at an outdoor cafe, we witnessed a man that was wildly gesticulating and shouting at people getting off a train. The gendarmerie quickly hustled him from view down a sidestreet. Impressive with the reaction time and the efficiency of restoration of order.

Peachy म्हणाले...

Leftists - your "mentally ill" excuse is tired. - of course he is mentally ill - but he was/is VIOLENT, and he had a long history of violence.

You leftists toss around "mentally ill" - (because most of you are too) as if it's a valid excuse to be soft on crime.
You also speak out of both sides of your mouths, dear leftists.
You do not want anyone "in a cage" for any reason. Including the mentally ill.

n.n म्हणाले...

What happens in a sanctuary state is aborted, sequestered in a sanctuary state.

narciso म्हणाले...

https://amgreatness.com/2025/09/08/white-house-deputy-chief-of-staff-massive-scandal-uncovered-in-d-c-crime-stats/

Ronald J. Ward म्हणाले...

Peachy said...
"find." - not fine
and Medicare/caid cuts are an effort to rid the system of fraud, waste, and abuse and neglect regarding able-bodied people.
But as we know - pro-crime dems are also pro-tax payer waste.
9/10/25, 10:49 AM

Nope, not true. The correctly stated “cuts” were to offset tax breaks for the wealthy. Ultimately, more people like Brown, people who actually need these resources, will be the locked out, further endangering the rest of us. The Republican bill will indeed get ugly.

Original Mike म्हणाले...

"Real solutions aren’t just jails and stricter sentencing; they’re properly funding mental health treatment, ensuring consistent care, and improving oversight so the system actually works for those at risk."

If that care includes facilities with locks on the doors, I'm all for increased funding.

Peachy म्हणाले...

Again - the MSM Democratic party media - do not care. (ooo but plenty of vapid care for Taylor Swift)
Because the Democratic media know that ultimately - Democratic polices and the Dem's loyal Soros soft-on-crime justice system - led directly to Iryna's death.

Skeptical Voter म्हणाले...

He's sick! Yes, but he's also a killer.

gadfly म्हणाले...

So Demented Donald can instantly solve known complex schizophrenic mental conditions perhaps by using police officers who are qualified to make medical decisions on the fly before a murder occurs? Please forego the stupidity!

Peachy म्हणाले...

Ronald Ward said...
"Nope, not true. The correctly stated “cuts” were to offset tax breaks for the wealthy. "

Are you a bot? that's bot level hivemind idiocy.

Peachy म्हणाले...

while you loyal leftists console yourselves with lies - this poor Ukrainian woman lost her life. and it is ALL the fault of your corrupt evil party. and a giant fuck you - gadlfy.

Levi Starks म्हणाले...

Clearly there were 2 victims, and society bears the lions share of the guilt….

Lawnerd म्हणाले...

Funny how the left is focused on mental illness in this case, but in school shootings where the perp has mental health issues the left focuses on gun bans.

Peachy म्हणाले...

The breakdown of our Criminal Justice System has been going on for years - and took hold under your corrupt pile of shit for brains of a president named Joe Biden.

That you leftists have the audacity to blame "Medicaid cuts" = is laughable.

Shouting Thomas म्हणाले...

No, it isn’t complicated and intractable. Rudi Giuliani ended the crack epidemic crime wave in NYC within a very short time by prosecuting every crime and sending the perps to jail. You can “incarcerate your way out of crime.”

Original Mike म्हणाले...

"There were also a series of legal decisions over the years that chipped away at civilians’ right to enjoy a secure, peaceful society. And finally, the injection of federal money and policy into the mental health system eventually wrested the operation of large institutions away from the states that had traditionally maintained them. Medicaid incentivized states to close their facilities, and in 1981, the federal government ceased funding in-patient facilities and forced the mentally ill onto the community."

Let's hear it for Medicaid…

Original Mike म्हणाले...

"Are you a bot?"

Nowadays, that's entirely possible, isn't it? We could be wasting our time talking to "someone" who doesn't exist.

GatorNavy म्हणाले...

I grew up with a schizophrenic brother who wasn't properly treated until my mother just ignored my father and took him to a psychiatrist. He was in his early twenties and had almost killed my youngest brother. He physically abused everyone he was not scared of, so me and my siblings and some of his classmates got to feel what it felt like to be beaten by a mentally ill person. Fortunately, he responded well to medication and was able to live semi-independently for decades. The minute my mother passed, he went off his meds and moved to California and currently is incarcerated. He needs to be locked up as over time his meds became less effective, and he choked a fellow group home member until she nearly died. My story isn't unique or all that rare, my parents did what they thought best for him. Both were college educated, well-traveled people. But they were both wrong, he needed to be institutionalized. This killer needed to be institutionalized as well. The killers mother recognized this fact, why didn't the state? Well, it because of elected officials not willing to admit to the facts on the ground. It is because politicians trying to score more votes by lying about this killer. It is because of voters like Ronald J. Ward who won't face up to reality that mentally ill people need to be separated from society.

Peachy म्हणाले...

O-Mike - 11:41.
history is real? no way!

Leland म्हणाले...

No Botfly, we already explained this is not complicated at all. It is only complicated to a select few that would freeze when faced with a predator. The rest of us know what to do.

Political Junkie म्हणाले...

Note the race of the people in the train car and the race who was attacked.
Note the race of those in the inital train car that did nothing.
Note the race of the 2 (that I have seen so far) that came to assist the victim.
Note the race of the person who stood there with his phone recording and did nothing.
Note what the attacker said after the attack.

FormerLawClerk म्हणाले...

"It’s now been exposed that the Court Clerk for the courthouse that released Iryna Zarutska’s murderer was a 'DEI consultant' and 'racial equity organizer,' and the superior judge was 'DEI champion of the year.'"

The black judge also has a side business where she "sentences" people to pay her in order to have their cases diverted from court.

The FBI, of course, can't figure out who to arrest in this case. It is the most useless organization on the fucking planet.

FormerLawClerk म्हणाले...

"You do not want anyone "in a cage" for any reason. Including the mentally ill."

The J6 incarcerations lay lie to this claim. They definitely want YOU in prison. Just not THEIR voters.

FormerLawClerk म्हणाले...

Isn't it funny how only young white 94-pound women trigger this black guy's "mental illness."

It's bullshit. An excuse for the Democrats to do nothing about crime but still take home the paychecks from their phoney baloney government jobs.

Peachy म्हणाले...

More violence - openly accepted and tolerated by the ivory tower White Left... and the racist evil black left.

Peachy म्हणाले...

Law Clerk - Indeed. My mind was only on the issue here. Real Crime.
I wasn't thinking about the mostly fake crime of Jan 6th.

Peachy म्हणाले...

Of course the left would love to re-program and gulag anyone who dares to call out their insanity and corruption. We know this.

n.n म्हणाले...

Planned Perphood (PP) is liberally licit and a socially forward-looking policy that leans in to mitigate progressive criminal choice.

Mike (MJB Wolf) म्हणाले...

Ronald = Chuck LLR

TaeJohnDo म्हणाले...

Homeless programs, mental illness outreach, tolerance and coddling criminal behavior and government aid for the poor - all are primarily graft programs designed to provide jobs and money for leftist causes, and to keep people dependent on government. A bonus is the fear violent criminals inflict on the citizens, convincing them government power and control is required to keep the peace. democrat leaders are mastesr at this. democrats are evil.

Richard Dolan म्हणाले...

"don't we all see that he needed to be institutionalized?"

Well, some do. But it's hard to see anything with your eyes closed.

The reality is that there is no cure for severe mental disease. The medications given to the severely mentally ill are intended to make life easier for the caregivers by rendering the patient docile -- essentially a form of chemical lobotomy. Andrew Scull's book, Desperate Remedies, details how psychiatry has a sad history of failures in dealing with schizophrenia, various psychoses and the like. All of the meds have bad side effects (bad intended effects), which makes patients less than eager to take them. Since there's nothing that can be done to cure the patient, all that can be done is to protect the public from what the patient is likely to do. So, incarceration it is. No benefit at all in happy talk. As someone commented abut the Charlotte murder, public policy in most cities today is that crazies like this guy get one free murder, after which incarceration becomes the solution. Unless you're willing to accept the 'one free murder' approach, there's no alternative to incarceration.

Ronald J. Ward म्हणाले...

TaeJohn, plenty of frustration and finger pointing to go around but the reality is more nuanced. Homeless programs and mental health outreach exist because people with untreated mental illness or no support often end up in crisis—as in Charlotte. These programs aren’t ‘coddling’ criminals; they’re attempts to prevent tragedies before they happen.

Cutting funding for these programs, like what the OBBBA does to Medicaid, doesn’t make anyone safer—it makes crises more likely. Effective public safety isn’t just about punishment; it’s about ensuring vulnerable people get the treatment and support they need before situations spiral out of control.

Caroline म्हणाले...

@political junkie: shhhhhhh you’re not supposed to notice!
Remember when we were told that the root causes of illegal immigration are complex, multi-pronged and nuanced? So nuanced, that Biden appointed Kamalalala as Czar of All Root Causes? Remember how it just took the election of DJT to fix the border? That amazed even me.

Ronald J. Ward म्हणाले...

Richard Dolan, if we accept that untreated severe mental illness means ‘one free murder’ before society steps in, doesn’t that mean we’re essentially saying everyone gets one free murder? That can’t be an acceptable standard.

mikee म्हणाले...

It isn't a societal failure to deal with mental illness that is under scrutiny here. It is the failure of Charlotte's Democrat prosecutors and judges to try and convict and incarcerate repetitiously violent criminals. Don't confuse the issue. It does not matter if the stabber thought he was the Queen of Romania dancing at a ball, his past actions regardless of his mental competence should have had him off the streets and not on that bus at all. Don't follow the red herring "society is to blame" BS tossed out since the 1960s to excuse pro-criminal Democrat governance.

Ampersand म्हणाले...

Just as the nuclear debate was poisoned by Jane Fonda's film The china syndrome and the mdia's hysteria over Three Mile Island, the mental illness debate was irreparably skewed by the Jack Nicholson film, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, along with the writings of Thomas Szasz on the Myth of Mental illness, in conjunction with the S Ct decision in O'Connor v. Donaldson (1975).

The culture needs a U turn.

Southern Pessimist म्हणाले...

78 comments in and despite good points in the referenced article and the commentary above, the most striking implication of the problems described in the selected quotes from the article is that the poor unwell perpetrator was "unhoused". What a load of crap! Why do we put up with this type of unserious nonsense? Where do terms like unhoused come from?


narciso म्हणाले...

well that was just a squirrel, by the usual suspects, the thug that ran over that parade in Waukesha, that was another who should not have released, thanks to Chisholm,

William म्हणाले...

Sure. And Dylan Roof has mental problems. He should have been found guilty by reason of insanity just like the guy who shot Pres. Reagan. He should have been sent to a mental institution and then been released when he was pronounced cured.....For the irony deficient, I'm being sarcastic.....Maybe this time, the killer will be tried before a judge who passed the bar exam. There's so much about this case that stinks, from the perp and his enablers, to the bystanders, and especially to the media. They all did something wrong, and there's not one of them who will ever publicly acknowledge that they did something wrong. Any media reporter who reported on the Daniel Penny case should be asked why they didn't think this case was worthy of notice.

Peachy म्हणाले...

OT:
BREAKING - A Democrat has just shot Charlie Kirk in the neck at Utah Valley University.

FullMoon म्हणाले...

"GatorNavy saud;
Fortunately, he responded well to medication and was able to live semi-independently for decades. The minute my mother passed, he went off his meds "

There's the common problem. Psycho calms down with meds, feels he is cured, stops taking meds.
Or, psycho feels weak, bored, lazy while taking meds, stops taking meds.

I know 2 crazies on medication. One got bored and quit and then suffered the repercussions. Accepted and realized life is better continuing treatment..
The other is off and on, doesn't commit crimes but causes a lot of trouble and annoyances. Gets 5150'd for a few days, then transferred to psych for a week or two, and stays straight for a couple of months then back to insanity.

Mr. T. म्हणाले...

Ronald J. Ward-

Please stop. Your pathetic concern trolling is even worse than paid ActBlue troll Kak/Richsockpuppet, who has been unusually but noticeably quiet about this matter (for obvious reasons.

The alleged killer specifically has been arrested and evaluated numerous times even before Trump and BBB.

Those responsible are the previous judges and leftist DAs.

They DEId, so she DIEd.

Peachy म्हणाले...

Ron Ward is a mosquito... and a lying liar who lies.

Peachy म्हणाले...

The corrupt Democratic party of Colorado is pro-Crime, Pro-Criminal - and they act on it with House Bills.
CO Dems altered our Justice System to reward criminals and open wide loopholes for criminals to use to get away with their crimes.

Peachy म्हणाले...

Some on X:
"I am really happy
@elonmusk
mentioned this.
@GovofCO
and the Colo. Dems have been flying under the radar for far too long. It is time to bring the light to the amount of corruption and lawlessness that is happening in Co, all at taxpayer expense."

Ronald J. Ward म्हणाले...


Mr. T., name-calling aside, I think we agree on one thing—the alleged killer had a long record of arrests and evaluations before this tragedy. That’s exactly why systemic reform is needed. Blaming it on ‘DEI’ doesn’t change the reality that untreated severe mental illness and repeat system failures led here. And cutting Medicaid and defunding other services as OBBBA does, only makes it harder to close those gaps. If we want fewer tragedies, we need accountability in the courts and stronger mental health support, not weaker.

Peachy said...
Ron Ward is a mosquito... and a lying liar who lies.

9/10/25, 2:16 PM

That’s pretty strong coming from someone adamantly claiming a person of a given political party shot Charlie Kirk when the person in custody hasn’t even been identified.

Enlighten-NewJersey म्हणाले...

For fiscal year 2024 the federal government spent $812 billion on Medicaid and is projected to spend $898 for FY 2025. After the One Big Beautiful Bill, federal spending on Medicaid is projected to increase in 10 years to $1.279 Trillion. That would be a $375 billion increase in spending.

Ronald J. Ward म्हणाले...

ENJ, that baseline trick does make it seem otherwise but the numbers you cite are raw totals and they miss the key point. Medicaid costs always rise over time because health care gets more expensive and more people qualify. The OBBBA doesn’t actually increase Medicaid—it slows its growth. The CBO estimated roughly $930 billion in reductions over 10 years compared to what was needed. So yes, the line goes up, but people lose coverage and services because it doesn’t keep up with demand.

Greg The Class Traitor म्हणाले...

Is it really so complicated? Even if we feel empathy for him as a mentally ill person, don't we all see that he needed to be institutionalized?

“If you were able to lock up mentally ill people and throw away the key, there are all kinds of draconian things that could have been done,” said James E. Coleman Jr., a professor at Duke Law School....
I guess not.


James E. Coleman is convinced that HE won't ever have anything to fear from the mentally ill, and doesn't give a shit about anyone else

n.n म्हणाले...

Medicare is underfunded. Medicaid is an unfunded benefit with progressive prices uncorrelated with costs and benefits and a redistributive change scheme to share responsibility through national, state, and community debt. Both have metastasized under the Obamacares umbrella.

Jim at म्हणाले...

We could be wasting our time talking to "someone" who doesn't exist.

Real or not, you're still wasting your time talking to him.

Bunkypotatohead म्हणाले...

It is simple. Stay the hell away from them.
Someone should have explained that to the poor girl.

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