It is completely reasonable to be concerned about what happened, particularly in light of the psychiatric communities abysmally poor track record on respecting

It is completely reasonable to be concerned about what happened, particularly in light of the psychiatric communities abysmally poor track record on respecting human rights. It isn’t a “dangerous cultural pathology” or “hand wringing” or “pearl clutching”. It is quite dishonest to frame all objections in such emotionally charged language. I also object to the idea that the fact that he is homeless is relevant. Homeless people are just as deserving as fundamental human rights as everyone else, and the magnitude of the crime is not lessor because the victim was someone defenseless. Being able to confine people and drug them against their will without even proper oversight is way more power than anyone should have. Once the proper oversight is in place, we can talk about how to make the system more ”dynamic”, but until then it is absolute lunacy to suggest that it should have more power.