[I want the USA back]

What, pray tell, can the police do for someone who is depressed? go in and sing a tune of happiness, or dance a jig? That’s not what the police are for.

So, the media were called to film the invasion. I’m sure they didn’t call the old man to tell him they were coming.

So, everything was totally legal. The police and the media demonized the old man because some a$$hole said he was “depressed.” For XXXXX’s sake, visit the old man you a$$hole! He doesn’t need the cops at his door to cheer him up!

(Assorted other choice scatalogical and reproductive imprecations hurled at the media, police, and fool relative).

[marktwain]

What, pray tell, can the police do for someone who is depressed? go in and sing a tune of happiness, or dance a jig? That’s not what the police are for.

Bizarre as it might seem, the police can take a person into custody, take them to a health care facility, and force them to undergo evaluation about their mental state.

If they are found to be a threat to *themselves* or others, they can be involuntarily committed.