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2022-12-02 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

'It's a hot mess': NYPD was 'blindsided' by NYC Mayor Eric Adams' decision to involuntarily commit mentally ill homeless people and claims City Hall 'jumped the gun'

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-12-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [18 views ] Top

#1 This was all caused by the ACLU back in the 70s and 80s when they sued over and over to allow mentally ill to sit in the sewer grate and throw their feces at passers-by.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Patricia_Brown

"Joyce Patricia Brown (perhaps better known as Billie Boggs) was a homeless person who defeated New York City's efforts to force her into a psychiatric treatment program. Her case set legal precedents for forced psychiatric care which have hamstrung involuntary psychiatric commitments of the homeless in New York and elsewhere.

Robert Levy, a staff attorney from the New York Civil Liberties Union (a state ACLU branch), defended her in court. On January 15, 1988, State Supreme Court Justice Irving Kirshenbaum ruled that New York City could not forcibly medicate Brown. Shortly thereafter, Acting State Supreme Court Justice Robert Lippmann ordered her released, in part because although she was mentally ill, her behavior was not obviously and immediately dangerous to anyone. She was released in late January after about eleven weeks of involuntary commitment and returned to the streets."

Posted by Spike the Hairy6811 2022-12-02 05:43|| 2022-12-02 05:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Some try to blame this on Reagan, but remember the 96th US Congress, controlled by a Democratic Senate Majority & a Democratic House Majority, pass the deinstitutionalization of the Mentally Ill act.

Now 40 years later they are whining about what the results are.

Posted by NN2N1 2022-12-02 07:29|| 2022-12-02 07:29|| Front Page Top

#3 The deinstitutionalization of the violently mentally ill was a Teddy Kennedy project.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-12-02 07:31|| 2022-12-02 07:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Doesn't matter anymore who caused problem. Stop pointing fingers and fix it. Whatever policies resulted in homeless freaks urinating, defecating and sleeping on city streets has long since proven to be a failure. Politicians have had quite enough time to recognize the failure and reverse course. Too bad if NYPD has to enforce this mandate but it's about damn time somebody did.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-12-02 12:56|| 2022-12-02 12:56|| Front Page Top

#5 Trudeau went further back in history for his plan. He is taking care of the mentally ill on the cheap.

Posted by Super Hose 2022-12-02 15:43|| 2022-12-02 15:43|| Front Page Top

#6 'Like everything else, it gets dumped in our lap and we’re expected to solve the problem without any guidance,' the source said

Ha! You are expected to take the blame for the unsafe streets and subways. It isn't Adams' fault for letting loose Arkham, its the PD and FD's fault for not putting them back. See, New York has a Brand...and you've been branded.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-12-02 17:38|| 2022-12-02 17:38|| Front Page Top

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