The foundation of the new policy is that New York state will be able to authorize first responders to forcibly hospitalize mentally ill New Yorkers who cannot meet their own basic needs such as food, shelter or medical care.
The foundation of the new policy is that New York state will be able to authorize first responders to forcibly hospitalize mentally ill New Yorkers who cannot meet their own basic needs such as food, shelter or medical care.
I didn’t say they are ONLY 24 hours, read what I said again. I said that you can’t walk out of jail 24 hours later. With mental health holds you absolutely can sometimes, probably most times. Not all, but I didn’t say you could.
If the condition that caused you to be admitted was “being homeless”, which it isn’t.
So you get put on a mental health hold and you just start getting molested by orderlys immediately? What stats do you have for how many people on these holds are sexually abused almost immediately?
But that wasn’t your point. Your point was that it was vague enough so it isn’t only used against the homeless, despite it never being aimed at just the homeless lol.
Sources please :)
The source is the fucking article you’re commenting on, the one that explicitly states being homeless is a mental illness, being unable to procure food legally is a mental illness, and that all first responders, i.e. cops that are absolutely not trained to deal with mental illness, are the sole arbiters of who gets these holds now.
You’re as much of a freedom advocate as Ronald Reagan.
It doesn’t state that at all. That’s your poor reading and comprehension skills at play.
The whole point of this is that now instead of police being dispatched as first responders, it will be unarmed trained mental health professionals. So it’s the exact opposite of what you’re saying it is.