Posted on 05/22/2020 9:24:45 PM PDT by jeannineinsd
The video of a 20-year-old brutally beating an elderly patient at a Detroit nursing home has gotten national attention - and even the President has weighed in. Now police are investigating a possible second incident caught on camera while the young man's father says there's more to the story.
The 20-year-old, who FOX 2 is not identifying as he has not yet been charged with a crime, was on video beating an elderly patient at Westwood Nursing Center earlier this week. The violent video is incredibly difficult to watch for most - including the father of the younger man, who says he's praying for the elderly victim.
"That hurts to see that," he said. "What he did is wrong and (I offer) my apologies to the victim's family."
The father, who asked not to be identified, said his son has had several health issues growing home, has autism, and called from a group home in Chelsea last week to say he wasn't sleeping, was feeling anxious, and hearing voices.
"I just don't want people to think that he's this vicious individual. He's got mental issues," his father said.
He said his son called 911 and was taken to a mental health facility in Ann Arbor. Last Wednesday, he was diagnosed with COVID-19 and said he was supposed to be taken to another facility to be quarantined. "It should've never happened because he should've never been put in that environment."
His father also says there is a pending case in Washtenaw County where his son is accused of assaulting a staff member at another group home. The young man's father says he's had serious behavioral problems for a long time and should have been closely monitored at Westwood.
"Had I known he was there I would've never have consented to it," he said.
On the 20-year-old's YouTube channel, you can see dozens of boxing videos and so-called pranks. The young man is known to attend NorWayne Boxing Gym but the folks there say he was never a member or a part of the gyms youth program. They issued a statement on their website:
"We share everyone's sadness over this situation. What this highlights is the importance of helping at-risk kids in our community at an early age."
Meanwhile an attorney for Westwood Nursing Center tells FOX 2 they were unaware of the attack until they saw the video, they're investigating the situation and cooperating with police. They added the young man was not a long-term resident.
Detroit police say the man is in custody and awaiting charges. Police are now investigating whether the same man is involved in another beating of an elderly woman.
If Obama had a son... .
I can personally vouch for that :-)
On Cruz, I highly recommend the book Why Meadow Died, by the father of one of the victims.He was ignored by policy, a policy that Obama took national.
Mental illness has become the latest excuse for the thug class.
It’s not mental illness. It’s evil.
And why has the suspect’s name not been released? The names of suspects are released immediately if it’s a white perp. Interesting.
According to this report, the young male perpetrator of the attack was known to have mental illness and behavioral problems, has been accused of assaulting a staff member at another facility. He was diagnosed with Covid-19 and was quarantined at a nursing home with elderly, fragile patients.
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this sort of thing is not unusual
There was a local elderly housing complex that had to take in patients with mental illness. It was a high rise. The mentally ill roamed the halls of the high-rise terrorizing the older residents. for years.
There was a reason that our forefathers opened mental health residents and sanitariums through out the country. To protect the public from them and them from the preying public.
The severely autistic kids do not have bad personalities.
They are seriously twisted. They need serious medication and locked down environment.
Their families suffer too. No legal rights after the patient turns 18 and no residency programs to care for them.
People are upset about our past history with lobotomies.
These are the patients the surgery was designed for
Now we have medications that do similar things, except the patient can stop taking them.
It got coverage here in Chicago. They mentioned it on the news last night, but I don’t remember which outlet.
There is a violence factor to one terrible mental illness - Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Totally preventable, incredibly expensive (financially and societally), and devastating for those dealing with it. The world of someone with FAS is uncontrollable chaos unless their lives are severely structured - which is why they actually thrive in prison. But you cannot get into prison without committing a crime and our talk therapy find your real you mental health care system thinks confinement for patients is evil when, in fact, many would blossom.
This idiocy has only happened in certain Blue states.
I dont believe for a second that it is idiocy that CCP virus infected people are sent into nursing homes. It is deliberate effort to raise the death count.
Meanwhile an attorney for Westwood Nursing Center tells FOX 2 they were unaware of the attack until they saw the video,.
You can be both. If your mental issues cause you to become violent and act out you are vicious regardless of the cause. I have a friend who has an Autistic son with behavioral problems. When he goes off he attacks anyone in sight. He is now institutionalized because he tried to kill his mother. When he was stable he was a pretty nice kid, but it was always when not if he would go off again.
Same with the NBC affiliate in Indianapolis.
He was a good boy, tryin’ turn his life ‘roun’. He Dindu Nuffins.
"gentleman"?? Can you or would you be willing to explain why you refer to this savage as a "gentleman"? I'd love to know where THAT comes from in your thinking.
He’s not a juvenile. I don’t understand why his name is being withheld.
It was hard to watch this. I was so upset and anger that I couldnt watch the whole thing. I felt the Fathers explanation was like an act of contrition.
He was just explains the situation involving his sons mental state, which was quite obvious. He really didnt need to go public with his story. I thought he was sincere.
Ok, so let's strap him into an electric chair. Since the punk is nuts, tell him it's a ride at Disney. He won't know the difference.
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