Putting you in a psych ward is SOP for totalitarian regimes. They are so concerned about the guy they moved him to a facility 3 hours away from his family and legal team.
So you're arguing that laws providing for involuntary psychiatric evaluations exist only in totalitarian regimes?
If so, that's a very incoherent argument.
They are so concerned about the guy they moved him to a facility 3 hours away from his family and legal team.
He is a veteran and at a VA hospital that provides him free treatment.
I'm sure that the state could detain him at a nearby private psychiatric facility for 30 days and charge him the exorbitant rates associated with that.
Of course, then his lawyers would argue that the state was deliberately imposing a grievous financial hardship on Raub and his family which would impair his ability to mount the best possible legal defense.
Putting you in a psych ward is SOP for totalitarian regimes.
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Jeez, who knew my sister and I were following the SOPs of totalitarian regimes when we had to involuntarily commit our mother - who was off her meds and dangerously psychotic?
Clearly you’ve never been in an actual commitment hearing before a judge, because if you had, you’d know the bias towards the patient.
There just might be something more going on here than are privy to. A judge extending a stay by 30 days for eval is a strong indicator that the guy has some pretty serious mental health issues. And I say that, again, with only my own experience in these matters guiding my opinions.
GG, wideawake sounds crazy as hell to me. SOMEBODY LOCK HIM UP! He’s lucky I’m not the government. sarc/
Most people have no idea how powerful an accusation of mental illness is. Any so-called mental health provider can get you thirty days in lock up. That gives them thirty days to fill you with drugs and make you really crazy.
I also think this is a test case to see if anyone will stand up. So far they’ve gotten away with it.