ky377 Wrote:
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/05/
> john-oliver-rips-gop-over-oregon-shooting-reaction
> -worst-time-to-talk-about-mental-health.html?sourc
> e=TDB&via=FB_Page
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> I guess John Oliver was a liberal arts student.
> From his comments:
>
> Oliver then cited a pair of reports indicating
> that less than 5 percent of the 120,000
> gun-related killings were perpetrated by people
> diagnosed with mental disorders (American Journal
> of Public Health, February 2015), and that the
> large majority of people with mental disorders are
> nonviolent (Annals of Epidemiology, May 2015).
>
> And then later:
>
> “Using the criminal justice system to treat the
> mentally ill isn’t just ineffective—it’s
> expensive, and it’s dangerous,” said Oliver.
> “Because often, when someone is having a mental
> health emergency, the police will be called, and
> that can end tragically. By some estimates, an
> incredible half of all incidents involving the
> police use of deadly force involve a mentally ill
> person.”
>
> So the majority are non-violent but they make up
> half of the use of deadly force by officers?
> Doesn't it seem like there is a problem with
> handling the mentally ill in this country? We let
> these people _suffer_ until it comes to a point
> where there is no options when dealing with them.
> This is like waiting to treat cancer until it
> reaches stage 4. Can you now see why just
> ignoring the mental health issue is a problem?
>
> Fucking idiots.
Apples and oranges, moron. Gun related killings <> mental health emergency and deadly force by officers. The logical conclusion is that police officers don't know how to effectively deal with the mentally ill and resort to lethal force when confronted with mentally ill behavior. The twisted logic you people use boggles my mind.