Our mental health systems so F'd up. I'm sure the committal process has been abused in the past (such as the Kennedy daughter), but these loons can't be left on the street. There's not a Karl Childers in the bunch
It seems that the psychotics are all known and just quit taking their meds. They have to be tracked on a daily basis in perpetuity. One day off the meds it should be back to the funny farm for awhile.
The ACLU thinks otherwise. There lies the root cause. It's a true bleeding heart liberal mantra.
Or spend the rest of your life making sure he took his meds?
The first job tends to destroy the humanity of the guards. The second tends to draw folks who want to let these folks fly free.
The problem with government minder services, be it jailers or parole officers or Child Protection, is that they eventually want to watch all of us, control all the kids.