I am sure there are many good cops who prefer to help mentally ill
people in crisis. But humane cops won't make our mental health system any more
humane.
The homeless mentally ill are a product of the moral calamity instituted more than a 50 years ago -under the false banner of benign " progress " : a moral calamity known as the de-institutionalization of the mentally ill.
Our prisons have become ersatz " treatment centers " for the crime of being poor and mentally ill. And poverty-the plague of decaying capitalism - is a big factor in the breakdown of an individual's mental health. Suicide is up in America.
In Rhode Island Hillary pal " Wall St. Gina " Raimondo thinks that less is more ( Medicaid ) in helping the poor, the homeless, the elderly, the disabled, and the mentally ill. Her new computer system is denying benefits to thousands of desperate Rhode Island residents.
She fired badly needed social workers . So now the needy cannot even talk to a human face- perhaps with the exception of the police officer.
The homeless mentally ill are a product of the moral calamity instituted more than a 50 years ago -under the false banner of benign " progress " : a moral calamity known as the de-institutionalization of the mentally ill.
Our prisons have become ersatz " treatment centers " for the crime of being poor and mentally ill. And poverty-the plague of decaying capitalism - is a big factor in the breakdown of an individual's mental health. Suicide is up in America.
In Rhode Island Hillary pal " Wall St. Gina " Raimondo thinks that less is more ( Medicaid ) in helping the poor, the homeless, the elderly, the disabled, and the mentally ill. Her new computer system is denying benefits to thousands of desperate Rhode Island residents.
She fired badly needed social workers . So now the needy cannot even talk to a human face- perhaps with the exception of the police officer.
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