I think the Genrich case is just as much a story about prejudice against the mentally ill as it is a story about the failures of forensic science. > Martinez u

I think the Genrich case is just as much a story about prejudice against the mentally ill as it is a story about the failures of forensic science. > Martinez understands that Genrich comes off as “weird.” But, he insists, “He didn’t have a violent bone in his body. He never hurt anybody. He was the one getting hurt.” As far as I've read about it, this is pretty much the norm for people with serious mental illness. They're believed to be aggressors, but in reality are vastly more likely to be victims because their alienation and unstable lives render them highly vulnerable to the tactics of abusers (which are often similar to the tactics that law enforcement officers use against suspects). People tend to assume they're lying or delusional when they tell anyone what happened.