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Schrecht t1_j89jksu wrote

Up next at CPAP: Kendrid Hamlin

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Fochinell t1_j89kto9 wrote

Charged with simple assault. Misdemeanor. Catch and release, back on the streets with a history of violent and sexual assaults.

Better start carrying multiple cups of hot coffee in old west gunfighter holsters, congressperson.

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Imagoof4e t1_j89le1a wrote

He has several bench warrants? He may have been homeless at some point? Reading this brings to mind a revolving door. When there is one, that is one matter, but if there are millions, that’s difficult.
She returns to Minnesota and is thankful for her quick response. I am truly grateful and happy she was not physically injured, but I think these issues of crime, and also mental health…should be carefully reviewed. Seems like we are overwhelmed in these areas.

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kstinfo t1_j89nhat wrote

In and out of the legal system when it sounds like he should have been in the mental health system.

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bloodflart t1_j89r9gt wrote

He'll spend 2 weeks in a "mental health facility" where they'll do nothing and then he'll be right back to where he started

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MrKahnberg t1_j89zma7 wrote

Back in the day he'd get an involuntary lobotomy.

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AstreiaTales t1_j8a4jco wrote

I mean, at some point we need to, as a nation, decide if we're ok with involuntary incarceration of people who haven't committed a crime to prevent them from committing crimes in the future.

Not applicable here since he did, you know, commit a crime, and I understand the desire to get mentally ill people off streets, but let's not pretend that we aren't wading into thorny ethical and legal territory.

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Jeep_Girl_2000 t1_j8aln3m wrote

Well he screwed up and attacked an important person....if he attacked one of us normies he'd be out on the streets again.

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DreadfulSilk t1_j8ao4k5 wrote

Everyone on this sub was so convinced it had to be politically motivated Republican terrorism. Nope, just typical big city catch and release.

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Sovrin1 t1_j8b4sc6 wrote

How many chances should a scumbag get before permanent separation from the rest of society? Seems like the line needs to be brought down to a smaller number.

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AKMarine t1_j8b735v wrote

That dude is (or was as of recently) also a frequent poster on FBI’s Facebook page, commenting about disbanding the FBI, and advancing conspiracy theories like Ray Epps, Election fraud, Epstien, and Hunter’s laptop.

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didsomebodysaymyname t1_j8by3x1 wrote

>I mean, at some point we need to, as a nation, decide if we're ok with involuntary incarceration of people who haven't committed a crime to prevent them from committing crimes in the future.

I'm gonna vote no on indefinitely imprisoning people who haven't done anything yet.

We incarcerate more people than any country, not more than any developed country, any country.

And we still don't have the lowest crime rate.

What we need to do as a nation is accept that not providing healthcare to everyone, and letting children grow up in poverty isn't working.

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didsomebodysaymyname t1_j8c11a0 wrote

>How many chances should a scumbag get before permanent separation from the rest of society? Seems like the line needs to be brought down to a smaller number.

How many people would that put in prison?

Because we already incarcerate more people than any country on earth, and we still aren't the safest country.

But somehow, if we just put more people in prison for even longer it will start working?

It won't. England at one point executed children for stealing, and people still stole.

Incarceration in nessecary, sometimes for life, but you cannot incarcerate your way out of crime. Giving everyone who has thrown a punch more than once life without parole isn't going to have the results you hope.

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didsomebodysaymyname t1_j8c8nga wrote

>Maybe if repeated criminal offenders were actually put in jail at all as opposed to drug users, minorities and people disagreeing with cops, then the system will work.

Only 1 in 5 incarcerated people are there on drug crimes We would still have a top 5 highest incarceration rate if we released them all.

However, you're broadly correct as a lot of violent crime and theft is driven by the war on drugs. So reforming our drug laws would do a lot to decrease the incarceration rate overall.

Despite what some people want you to believe, people who seriously injure someone are usually are incarcerated for a significant amount of time. Almost half of the people in prison are there for a violent crime.

The only violent incident prior to this one listed in the article is an attack on police. The injuries were not serious nor were the injuries of the representative. Had he been incarcerated for a year, or 10, it's unlikely it would change his behavior as he appears mentally ill. He would be in his 20s or 30s when release and capable of committing more crimes.

He could be incarcerated for life, but consider how many people that would put in prison. We already have almost a million people in prison for, presumably, more violent crimes than this guy committed, and we do not have the lowest violent crime rate. It's also worth noting that incarcerating him for longer would not have prevented the injuries to police.

What the people complaining about justice system reform are avoiding is a solution that prevents crime.

Allowing children to grow up in poverty increases the chance they will commit violent crimes. Not providing healthcare to people with mental illness does too.

If we released all non-violent offenders from prison, including all thieves and drug criminals, we would still have a higher incarceration rate than anywhere in Europe. And we still don't have a lower homicide rate than them. At this point we have exhaustively proven "lock more people up for longer" is not a way out of violent crime.

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RunningNumbers t1_j8c9bqx wrote

No. It was dismantled by the Federal government. Costs and responsibilities were sent to the states. Austerity during the 70s and 80s had those programs cut and shifted to localities that could not handle these issues.

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didsomebodysaymyname t1_j8c9mxb wrote

>There are too many variables for you to make such a dunce conclusion.

It's fascinating that you can confidently figure out the answer, but when I point out the flaw in your argument, suddenly, "there are too many variables! We can't know!"

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OperationMobocracy t1_j8d44qa wrote

I think the issue isn't involuntary commitment always being dystopian, its what we do with involuntary commitment in terms of how the institutions are run and the access people have to get released from it. It's at least theoretically possible to have involuntary commitment that is humane.

I think most cities are seeing the results of what happens when we mostly can't involuntarily commit people -- drug addiction, homeless camps, and some dangerous behavior towards other people. Many of these people will reject any kind of voluntary treatment, and its a big problem. We're giving people who have mental health problems more agency than they actually have to reject treatment.

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RunningNumbers t1_j8d88i4 wrote

They are not the same thing. The above implies resources from mental health was moved to prisons which is not what happened. The other explains the series of cuts caused by strained government budgets in the 70s.

I get that both rhetorical nihilism (words have no meaning and deliberate conflation) and epistemological nihilism (outright rejection of subject knowledge or basic inquiry) are popular on Reddit. But those are really lazy ways to look at the world because it requires purely passive contrarian thinking.

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Jicd t1_j8ddzub wrote

You're describing the cause, above commenter is describing the effect. Because mental health was basically erased from the government's list of services, a lot of people who would end up there now don't get any kind of help until they're in deep shit and get arrested.

Not that most prisons actually do anything to make sure prisoners are in a more mentally or emotionally stable position when they're released, but practically that's where the buck gets passed to right now.

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