- 01 Dec 2022 20:05
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New York City is now going to begin sweeping homeless people off the streets.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has directed the police department to take individuals who appear to be mentally ill into custody for involuntarily psychiatric evaluations, even if they are not considered to be an imminent threat to the public.
How the forced hospitalization of 'mentally ill' people in need will work in NYC - ABC7 New York (abc7ny.com) Kiara Alfonseca, December 1, 2022
https://abc7ny.com/how-the-forced-hospi ... e%20public.
Very likely this is not only going to be applied to those homeless who actually show signs of being mentally ill, but will be used as an excuse to sweep other homeless people off the streets as well. It will make it much easier for police to perform an arrest, since an actual crime doesn't have to be committed, and "appearing to be mentally ill" can be a very subjective thing, the slightest odd appearance or behavior could be interpreted as a sign. This of course is going to be targeted at those who appear to be homeless.
The mayor has come under mounting public pressure to "do something" about the homeless crisis in the city.
Much of the public does not seem to be aware that so-called "treatment" for mental illness is NOT very effective at all, in most cases.
Medical science is simply still not advanced enough in this area to really offer much help. Just because a treatment for some disease exists, that does not mean that a certain treatment does very much to help. Many of these medications intended to treat mental illnesses have very bad side effects, and the mental illness does not go away just because they are on a pill.
What this policy will really mostly do is put the mentally ill who on the streets out of sight, so other people don't have to look at them.
related thread:
California passes law allowing homeless with mental illness to be harassed and imprisoned
viewtopic.php?f=30&t=182664
(19 Sept 2022, Liberalism section)
The change in policy will also make it easier to arrest drug users, since police will be able to arrest and search individuals walking the street just because they appear to be "acting strangely".
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has directed the police department to take individuals who appear to be mentally ill into custody for involuntarily psychiatric evaluations, even if they are not considered to be an imminent threat to the public.
How the forced hospitalization of 'mentally ill' people in need will work in NYC - ABC7 New York (abc7ny.com) Kiara Alfonseca, December 1, 2022
https://abc7ny.com/how-the-forced-hospi ... e%20public.
Very likely this is not only going to be applied to those homeless who actually show signs of being mentally ill, but will be used as an excuse to sweep other homeless people off the streets as well. It will make it much easier for police to perform an arrest, since an actual crime doesn't have to be committed, and "appearing to be mentally ill" can be a very subjective thing, the slightest odd appearance or behavior could be interpreted as a sign. This of course is going to be targeted at those who appear to be homeless.
The mayor has come under mounting public pressure to "do something" about the homeless crisis in the city.
Much of the public does not seem to be aware that so-called "treatment" for mental illness is NOT very effective at all, in most cases.
Medical science is simply still not advanced enough in this area to really offer much help. Just because a treatment for some disease exists, that does not mean that a certain treatment does very much to help. Many of these medications intended to treat mental illnesses have very bad side effects, and the mental illness does not go away just because they are on a pill.
What this policy will really mostly do is put the mentally ill who on the streets out of sight, so other people don't have to look at them.
related thread:
California passes law allowing homeless with mental illness to be harassed and imprisoned
viewtopic.php?f=30&t=182664
(19 Sept 2022, Liberalism section)
The change in policy will also make it easier to arrest drug users, since police will be able to arrest and search individuals walking the street just because they appear to be "acting strangely".
- By Pants-of-dog