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To: Mrs. Don-o
He returned home testy, angry, belligerent, and he didn’t want any medication. His wife left the house and called police. She thought they’d come, help calm him down, and he’d take the medication, simmer off, and everyone would go home.

There seems to be a bit of a problem with using the police as domestic counselors. Perhaps the numbers correlate somewhat with the percentage of the population that is taking psychotropic drugs.

9 posted on 12/04/2014 12:30:17 PM PST by Tax-chick (R.I.P., Dad, 11/25/14. Thanks for the lawyers, guns, and money.)
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To: Tax-chick

This article says Jake was a bit crazy — nice but seriously unstable. He was also very well-armed and Jake himself stated that he was planning to use the weapons. The job of the police is to protect and serve the public. They did that.


11 posted on 12/04/2014 12:39:42 PM PST by July4
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