mentally ill persons...even violent ones with criminal records. This goes back decades, as the linked AMA article outlines.
We need to face this reality, and be ready to put tax dollars to work addressing it...like we used to do across the nation. In the SF South Bay area we had a facility known as 'Agnews State Hospital' that served as residence and treatment facility for people like Lawrence Reed...it got closed down during Reagan's governorship...but not solely due to his action. A very complex legal issue across the U.S..
Let's not assign blame too quickly....and as for a blanket accusation of Blue Cities...do a search of the truly heinous murder of James Byrd in rural Jasper, Texas...and his assailants.
Link: https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/deinstitutionalization-people-mental-illness-causes-and-consequences/2013-10
Not justifying this heinous attack by any means...however...it's not easy to institutionalize
Replies to: "Not justifying this heinous attack by any means...however...it's not easy to institutionalize"
- Maybe Illinois needs a "48 strikes and your out" law. - NedoftheHill - 8:06pm 11/20/25
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- He fled & liberal media would not even describe him.. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 10:07am 11/21/25
- As long as he stays out of Lincoln Park and the North Shore, we're good. - LanceManion - 8:10am 11/21/25
- Not justifying this heinous attack by any means...however...it's not easy to institutionalize [LINK]
- TyroneIrish - 9:34pm 11/20/25
- . [NT] - Frankx - 3:58am 11/21/25
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- Animals belong in cages. You people want their votes. [NT]
- jakers - 10:04pm 11/20/25
- You're a little "Unbalanced" yourself, Jake... [NT] - TyroneIrish - 10:06pm 11/20/25
- Here's another article on violent mentally ill persons... [NT] [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 10:04pm 11/20/25
- 3 different Cook County judges released him. - ELP - 8:53pm 11/20/25
- That is perfectly common in our system. - MAS - 8:44pm 11/20/25
- I've been in Chicago all week, whatever's going on here is actually working. [NT]
- iairishcheeks - 2:37am 11/21/25
- ICE, ICE baby! [NT] - LanceManion - 8:07am 11/21/25
- Chicago Teachers Union has a stranglehold on the whole state. - ELP - 11:03pm 11/20/25
- I've been in Chicago all week, whatever's going on here is actually working. [NT]
- iairishcheeks - 2:37am 11/21/25
- This is who Mamdani and his ilk want on the streets. - jakers - 8:42pm 11/20/25
- Yes, they want people like this released for revenge. [NT] - MAS - 8:48pm 11/20/25
- the idiot liberals who set him free should be burned alive. [NT]
- und67 - 8:12pm 11/20/25
- "I can't keep everybody in jail"....Cook County Judge Teresa Molena-Gonzalez. - ELP - 8:13am 11/21/25