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> The root cause being the federal laws governing involuntary committal for mental healthcare and lack of federal resources for mental healthcare which is super
by prepend 5y ago
> The root cause being the federal laws governing involuntary committal for mental healthcare and lack of federal resources for mental healthcare which is super pricy for obvious reasons.
I do think this is the root cause of the shoplifting examples in the article. Stealing handbags from Niemen Marcus is, I think, unrelated to mental health issues.
- mc32 5y agoCorrect. These people know that you don’t do that in DC without consequences, so they go up to SF.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoI know, but that is the pendulum swinging too far trying to correct for perceived prejudices by the police/judicial system. Which I think are rooted in expecting police to be able to deal with mental health issues as if they have the tools to address the crisis.