Why do we waste time rushing to prevent suicides? I understand feeling responsible if you already have someone in your hands, especially if they’re not in their right minds. But why go out seeking people to protect against themselves? Let them die if they want.
Or is it the Public Health tobacco/fatty-fatty-fat-fat rationale? We have to kick in their doors to save money on psychiatrist bills and stitching up his wrists. I offer the same solution to that conundrum as any socialized medicine conundrum: cut him off. If doctors’ bills are too much of a burden, he can always finish himself off.
But why go out seeking people to protect against themselves?
My guess is, the big shots got together sometime before this call and decided to put on a raid like this at the first opportunity. They were just waiting for an “appropriate” situation to occur. If this particular call hadn’t come in, it would have been some pot smoker or some drunk yelling at his wife. Someone was gonna get raided.